Chess Quotes

1355 Chess quotes by 411 unique authors

She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright… — Kate Chopin
...once the cards are dealt we turn them up in turn, and make two piles each, one red, one black; the winner has the biggest… — G. E. M. Anscombe
Talking of first times Stephanie, I bet your first time was really memorable for you and the captain ot the football team .. and the… — Chris Jericho
Within these premises, the only thing one can be is an impeccable mediator. One is not the player in this cosmic match of chess, one… — Carlos Castaneda
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. — Siegbert Tarrasch
The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake. — Savielly Tartakower
Without error, there is no brilliancy. — Emanuel Lasker
Took awhile, got the jokers out of the deck now, I'm holdin all the cards and niggas wanna play chess now — Drake
Let the perfectionist play postal. — Yasser Seirawan
I have always disliked the fierce competitive spirit embodied in that highly intellectual game. — Albert Einstein
Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances change. — Susan Polgar
I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees. — Alexander Alekhine
Chess is a matter of vanity. — Alexander Alekhine
It has always been recognized that chess is an art, and its best practitioners have been described as artists. — Alexander Kotov
A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is… — Alexander Morozevich
Chess is everything: art, science, and sport. — Anatoly Karpov
Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events. — Benjamin Franklin
A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. — Jose Raul Capablanca
A good player is always lucky. — Jose Raul Capablanca
You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before… — Jose Raul Capablanca
In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves,… — Jose Raul Capablanca
Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so… — Jose Raul Capablanca
The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters. — Jose Raul Capablanca
The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game. — Jose Raul Capablanca
The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very… — Jose Raul Capablanca

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