Chess Quote by Siegbert Tarrasch

When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

When you play chess alone it's always your move.

— Charles Simic

Chess is a good way to learn, to keep your brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your local gymnasium.…

— Peter Abelard

It is a well known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the…

— Aron Nimzowitsch

Chess is for everybody.

— Patrick Wolff

Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.

— Hikaru Nakamura

The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself.…

— Daniel Naroditsky

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to…

— Garry Kasparov

Center is a very tough position to play.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.

— Emanuel Lasker

Ultimately chess is just chess - not the best thing in the world and not the worst thing in the world, but there is…

— W. C. Fields

The game of chess is a metaphor for life... it teaches you strategy and it teaches you the value of knowing where you are,…

— Lupita Nyong'o