Chess Quote by Mikhail Tal

The true sweetness of chess, if it ever can be sweet, is to see a victory snatched, by some happy impertinence, out of the…

— H. G. Wells

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.

— Alexandra Kosteniuk

The true sweetness of chess, if it can ever be called sweet, is to see a victory snatched, by some happy impertinence, out of…

— H. G. Wells

Chess is a matter of vanity.

— Alexander Alekhine

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

“In chess there’s a saying: “Only the good players are lucky.”

— James Altucher

I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in…

— Vladimir Kramnik

I think chess players are not always what you think them to be. Or maybe it's our job to appear serious.

— Anish Giri

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

Chess is a curse upon a man.

— H. G. Wells

There is no remorse like a remorse of chess. It is a curse upon man. There is no happiness in chess.

— H. G. Wells