"First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class……" — Siegbert Tarrasch
"First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game"
More Chess Quotes
- I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least… — David Bailey
- My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. — Dave Barry
- These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. — Kobe Bryant
- A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess,… — Madeleine Albright
- Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. — Alexander Alekhine
- I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. — Alexander Alekhine
- I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex… — Steve Carell
- I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to… — Graydon Carter
- Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. — Raymond Chandler
- People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. — Nicolas Chamfort
- Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game. — Winston Churchill
- I failed to make the chess team because of my height. — Woody Allen