Chess Quotes

1355 Chess quotes by 411 unique authors

Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when… — Stanley Kubrick
You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one — Mikhail Tal
When your house is on fire, you cant be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in Chess, if your King is under attack… — Garry Kasparov
When asked, -How is that you pick better moves than your opponents?, I responded: I'm very glad you asked me that, because, as it happens,… — Alexander Alekhine
Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player — Siegbert Tarrasch
What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game — Siegbert Tarrasch
Pawns: they are the soul of this game, they alone form the attack and defense — Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
In Chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth — Edmar Mednis
There are two classes of men; those who are content to yield to circumstances and who play whist; those who aim to control circumstances, and… — Mortimer Collins
The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing — Savielly Tartakower
When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in… — Aristotle
All Chess players should have a hobby — Savielly Tartakower
I played Chess with him and would have beaten him sometimes only he always took back his last move, and ran the game out differently — Mark Twain
The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do — Gerald Abrahams
The way he plays Chess demonstrates a man's whole nature — Stanley Ellin
You can only get good at Chess if you love the game — Bobby Fischer
A man that will take back a move at Chess will pick a pocket — Richard Fenton
Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player — Max Euwe
In blitz, the Knight is stronger than the Bishop — Vlastimil Hort
Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf — Cecil Purdy
The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard — Aron Nimzowitsch
By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged… — Benjamin Franklin
Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game — Wilhelm Steinitz
When I have White, I win because I am white; When I have Black, I win because I am Bogolyubov — Unknown Author
Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline — Mikhail Botvinnik

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