Chess Quotes

1355 Chess quotes by 411 unique authors

When you see a good move, sit on your hands and find a better one. — John Adams
The Olympic Charter says winter sports must be played on snow or ice, so the Chess Federation says they'll play with ice pieces. The Olympic… — Peter Sagal
When Grand Masters play, they see the logic of their opponent's moves. One's moves may be so powerful that the other may not be able… — Mark Taimanov
Investing is far more cumulative [than chess]. So long as you're sharp, you can do it for as long as you want. — Patrick Wolff
Despite the documented evidence by chess historian HJR Murray, I've always thought that chess was invented by a goddess — George Koltanowski
There are three intellectual pursuits, and, so far as I am aware, only three, in which human beings have performed major feats before the age… — George Steiner
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot… — Daniel Craig
I don't play chess with my life, ya' know. — Russell Crowe
Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. — Richard Dawkins
Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another. — Marcel Duchamp
I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much… — Marcel Duchamp
There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase containing the works of Shakespeare and… — Roger Ebert
I like the moment when I break a man's ego. — Bobby Fischer
All I want to do, ever, is play chess. — Bobby Fischer
Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. — David Hockney
The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of… — Thomas Huxley
Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem… — Garry Kasparov
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country. — Garry Kasparov
I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all… — Garry Kasparov
It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess. — Garry Kasparov
Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. — Garry Kasparov
The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable. — Carl Jung
Chess is my life, but my life is not chess. — Anatoly Karpov
I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back. — Anatoly Karpov

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