Chess Quote by Jose Raul Capablanca

Chess is imagination.

— David Bronstein

Chess is not only knowledge and logic

— Alexander Alekhine

Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival.

— Frank Herbert

In chess there is a world of intellectual values.

— Gerald Abrahams

Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved…

— Garry Kasparov

Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer.

— Albert Einstein

The good thing in chess is that very often the best moves are the most beautiful ones. The beauty of logic.

— Boris Gelfand

Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative.

— Christian Morgenstern

Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance.

— Richard Reti

Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental…

— Vladimir Kramnik