Chess Quotes

1355 Chess quotes by 411 unique authors

In chess the rules are fixed and the outcome is unpredictable, whereas in Putin's Russia the rules are unpredictable and the outcome is fixed. — Garry Kasparov
You know, comrade Pachman, I don't enjoy being a Minister, I would rather play chess like you, or make a revolution in Venezuela. — Che Guevara
It's true that in chess as in politics, fund-raising and glad-handing matter. — Garry Kasparov
Chess players, people who travel all over the world, should be trusted or else not sent anywhere at all. Why are these four people (Antoshion… — Viktor Korchnoi
A Soviet diplomat, like a skilled chess player, does not expect his opposite number to give up something for nothing, not even a pawn. — Unknown Author
Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the sole aim is… — Nirmala Srivastava
Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base-in both senses-greed. — John Fowles
Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when Dennis… — Marcus du Sautoy
For me, baseball is more comparable to chess than it is to hockey. — Jeff Garlin
Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win -… — John Rhys-Davies
In Gujarat, we had the world record of largest number of chess games in a single venue - 20,500 - and in Tamil Nadu, I… — Viswanathan Anand
I was very lucky that while I was a chess player in a country where chess was not a big deal, I happened to be… — Viswanathan Anand
I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to take… — Viswanathan Anand
My job is to play chess, the game that I love. I achieve what I can in chess. That is what I focus on. Basically,… — Viswanathan Anand
The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics - if… — Viswanathan Anand
I was reasonably interested in mathematics in school. Typically what happens is... when you start playing chess, it takes up a lot of your attention.… — Viswanathan Anand
Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful. — Garry Kasparov
I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started writing books. — Garry Kasparov
I was involved in a bunch of school activities - I was a cheerleader, I was on the chess team, I was vice president of… — Olivia Holt
When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I… — Michael Birch
As a journalist, I cannot help imagining with excitement a new era with a face-off between Hedi Slimane at YSL and Raf Simons at Dior… — Suzy Menkes
I went through a few phases of finding myself: I dabbled in musical theater, chess club, dance troupe, splatter-painting, school mascot (go Wildcats), babysitter, photojournalist,… — Debby Ryan
Some people see life as a game of chess, while others prefer to see it as a game of cricket; but the longer I live,… — Craig Brown
We lived in the provincial town of Ramat Gan where I spent most of my youth adjacent to the chess board. — Arnon Goldfinger
Drama is played at the pace of chess... or billiards... or poker. Engrossing? Sure. But comedy is played at the jubilant, high-octane speed of sports… — Mark Waters

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