Chess Quotes

1355 Chess quotes by 411 unique authors

My sister bought me a set at a candy store and taught me the moves. — Bobby Fischer
People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years. — Bobby Fischer
Play out a boring game to the end and funny things can happen; Fischer knew it. — Hans Ree
Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact. — Bobby Fischer
Regardless of Bobby's recent hate-filled rantings, which I abhor, he is nonetheless one of the greatest chessplayers of all time. — Frank Brady
She and I just don't see eye to eye together. She's a square. She keeps telling me that I'm too interested in chess, that I… — Bobby Fischer
The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning it are abundant.… — Israel Albert Horowitz
The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed. — Garry Kasparov
The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years. — Viktor Korchnoi
The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality. — Bobby Fischer
There's no one alive I can't beat. — Bobby Fischer
They're all weak, all women. They're stupid compared to men. They shouldn't play chess, you know. They're like beginners. They lose every single game against… — Bobby Fischer
When I was eleven, I just got good. — Bobby Fischer
I believe that, not only in chess, but in life in general, people place too much stock in ratings – they pay attention to which… — Boris Gelfand
Fighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win. — Demian Maia
I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to pass… — Eric Sykes
There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate club all at… — Rainn Wilson
Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess. — Eric Bogosian
I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son — John Turturro
Chess players are madmen of a certain quality, the way the artist is supposed to be, and isn't, in general. — Marcel Duchamp
Women can do anything men can do. Except math, chess, running, jumping, lifting stuff, fixing things, making money, hockey, surfing, driving, making decisions, being tall,… — Daniel Tosh
I stopped taking notes on my Palm Pilot and started playing the little chess game. — Roger Ebert
In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent. — Vasily Smyslov
I have visited Tromsø and can personally say Tromsø is a beautiful city, well equipped to be an excellent choice for the Chess Olympiad 2014. — Susan Polgar
According to research, test scores improved by 17.3% for students regularly engaged in chess classes, compared with only 4.6% for children participating in other forms… — Susan Polgar

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