Chess Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

Chess is the touchstone of intellect.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The faculty of re-solution is possibly much invigorated by mathematical study, and especially by that highest branch of it which, unjustly, and merely on…

— Edgar Allan Poe

In chess there is a world of intellectual values.

— Gerald Abrahams

When humans team up with computers to play chess, the humans who do best are not necessarily the strongest players. They're the ones who…

— Tyler Cowen

A form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest one…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

— Vladimir Putin

Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as…

— Garry Kasparov

Psychology is the most important factor in chess.

— Alexander Alekhine

The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life.

— Paul Morphy

By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be…

— Emanuel Lasker

Chess computers do not sweat during time pressure and commit costly blunders. Furthermore, the strength of these programs (over and above their faultless recall…

— Ira Carmen

A great chess-player is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.…

— William Hazlitt