Care Quote by Richard Reti

Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself…

— Wilhelm Steinitz

The way he plays Chess demonstrates a man's whole nature

— Stanley Ellin

We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer's nature

— Rudolf Spielmann

Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown us the…

— Pope John Paul II

The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world. It slaps the theory of natural selection in the face.…

— H. G. Wells

In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to…

— Charles Buxton

A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.

— Savielly Tartakower

The pleasure to be derived from a chess combination lie in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating the inanimate…

— Richard Reti

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

Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain…

— Benjamin Franklin

Chess is a curse upon a man.

— H. G. Wells

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