«Chess»

In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, - for someone to play against himself is absurd ...

It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.

(Chess Story)

Stefan Zweig

Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like

Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game.

Nigel Short

Openings teach you openings. Endgames teach you chess!

Stephan Gerzadowicz

Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without errors, or as they say ’flawless game’ is colorless.

Mikhail Tal

I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one.

David Levy

Chess is the most intimate game in the world. It’s like making love. By the time we finish our first slow game, I will know all his thoughts.

(Desperate Duchesses)

Eloisa James

The reason I like the game chess is because each move has countless repercussions, but you’re in charge of them. And it’s your ability to see into the future and the effects of the decisions you’ve made that males you either a good or not a good chess player. It’s not luck.

(Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas)

Bono

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long.

Emanuel Lasker

Chess is a game with simple rules and pieces, a small sixty-four-space board, but there are more possible chess games than there are atoms in the universe.

(You)

Austin Grossman

For surely of all the drugs in the world, Chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.

Assiac

The battle for the ultimate truth will never be won.

And that’s why Chess is so fascinating.

Hans Kmoch

I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.

Bobby Fischer

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make people happy.

Siegbert Tarrasch

By playing at Chess then, we may learn:

First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution... And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by

present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources.

Benjamin Franklin

When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war.

Aristotle

Without error there can be no brilliancy.

Emanuel Lasker