Champion Quote by Eric Sykes

I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.

— Anatoly Karpov

My younger brother ended up the British chess champion 10 times, a record.

— Roger Penrose

In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King and…

— Boris Spassky

I played Chess with him and would have beaten him sometimes only he always took back his last move, and ran the game out…

— Mark Twain

I was very competitive growing up. I can't even play chess anymore because I used to play tournament chess in school. There's too much…

— Chris Hardwick

There was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

I have always had a slight feeling of pity for man who has no knowledge of chess.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a human being…

— George Steiner

No One has ever won a Game of 'Chess' . By moving Forward Only . Sometimes U have to move . Backwards to get…

— Ritu Ghatourey

The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning it are…

— Israel Albert Horowitz

Every Chess master was once a beginner

— Irving Chernev

I haven't played a chess match for several decades. At one point I lost most of my chess games. Then I realized many of…

— John Harsanyi