Checkmate Quote by Isaac Asimov

Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game

— Nigel Short

The rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature.

— Thomas Huxley

As captain of the Australian team we will do whatever it takes to make sure this game continues to grow.

— Michael Clarke

“Most Debunkers spent their money on actual things, rather than just buying anything they could swallow, smoke or snort. Unlike Chess.”

— Stacia Kane

[Vladimir] Putin is more of a poker player. In poker, unlike chess, you can effectively compensate for a very weak hand by bluffing. There…

— Garry Kasparov

You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do…

— LeBron James

In mathematics, if I find a new approach to a problem, another mathematician might claim that he has a better, more elegant solution. In…

— Emanuel Lasker

We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves,…

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because of their…

— Hikaru Nakamura

Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players.

— Zicheng Hong

Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my…

— Mikhail Tal

I stopped taking notes on my Palm Pilot and started playing the little chess game.

— Roger Ebert