Chess Quotes

1355 Chess quotes by 411 unique authors

I like to say that Bobby Fischer was the greatest player ever. But what made Fischer a genius was his ability to blend an American… — Bruce Pandolfini
Chess isn't a game of speed, it is a game of speech through actions — Unknown Author
No matter what the name, we're all the same pieces in one big chess game. — Chuck D
In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external… — Stanislaw Ulam
Describing one competitive advantage of IBM's Deep Blue chess computer. It has no fear. — Yasser Seirawan
The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create… — Vladimir Kramnik
If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the unanswered… — Rex Stout
To become a chess grandmaster also seems to take about ten years. (Only the legendary Bobby Fisher got to that elite level in less than… — Malcolm Gladwell
Why are most chess masters under 30? — Mark Zuckerberg
The key in terms of mental ability is chess. There's never been a woman Grand Master chess player. Once you get one, then I'll buy… — Pat Robertson
Which do I prefer? Sex or chess? It depends on the position. — Boris Spassky
He liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker. — Warren G. Harding
There was mass hysteria in the Chess Recording Studio when I did the "Shapes of Things" solo ... they weren't expecting it, and it was… — Jeff Beck
The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a… — Daniel Levitin
India was China's teacher in religion and imaginative literature, and the world's teacher in trignometry, quandratic equations, grammar, phonetics, Arabian Nights, animal fables, chess, as… — Lin Yutang
Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for music, or even… — Otto Weininger
One minute I was playing chess and doing maths all the time, the next I had been rerouted into more 'normal' girls' activities: reading, writing… — Scarlett Thomas
My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life. — Magnus Carlsen
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up. — Magnus Carlsen
I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly. — Magnus Carlsen
Chess is not only knowledge and logic — Alexander Alekhine
I do not play chess – I fight at chess. Therefore, I willingly combine the tactical with the strategic, the fantastic with the scientific, the… — Alexander Alekhine
Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves. — Anne Bronte
In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my father was the… — Bruno Schulz
Chess is not something that drives people mad; it is something that keeps mad people sane. — William Hartston

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