Thursday 11 May 2017

Chess Sayings and Quotes



Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.

Blaise Pascal





Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others chess.

Evan Esar





Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders.

Savielly Tartakower





Chess is the only game greater than its players.

Tim Rice





The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move.

David Bronstein





The pawns are the soul of chess.

Philidor





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

Tarrasch





Chess is the art of analysis.

Mikhail Botvinnik





What would Chess be without silly mistakes?

Kurt Richter






Chess is like war on a board.

Bobby Fischer





Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.    

Vladimir Putin





Chess demands total concentration.    

Bobby Fischer





In Chess, just as in life, today’s bliss may be tomorrow’s poison.

Assaic





You can only get good at Chess if you love the game.

Bobby Fischer





Life is too short for chess.

Byron





Chess is a good mistress, but a bad master.    

Gerald Abrahams





Those who say they understand Chess, understand nothing.

Robert Hubner





The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is.    

David Bronstein





A bad day of Chess is better than any good day at work.

unknown





The only thing chess players have in common is chess

Lodewijk Prins






Chess is not for the timid.    

Irving Chernev





That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one.

Bobby Fischer





Many have become Chess Masters, no one has become the Master of Chess.

Siegbert Tarrasch





Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe.

Indian Proverb





When you see a good move, look for a better one.

Dominic Lawson





Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life.

Edward Morgan Foster





All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.

Bobby Fischer





Chess is the struggle against error.    

Johannes Zukertort





Chess is life and every game is like a new life.    

Eduard Gufeld





Chess is as much a mystery as women.

Purdy




On the chess-board lies and hypocrisy do not survive long.    

Em. Lasker





Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.

Mikhail Botvinnik





Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.

William Napier





Chess, like love, is infectious at any age.    

Salo Flohr





It [chess] is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game.    

Paul Morphy





Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.    

Vladimir Kramnik





When the chess game is over, the pawn and the king go back to the same box.

Irish Saying






There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world.

Pierre Macorlan





Excellence at Chess is one mark of a scheming mind.    

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE





Every chess master was once a beginner.

Chernev





Chess is a curse upon a man.

H. G. Wells





Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands!

Renaud and Kahn






Chess is above all, a fight!    

Emanuel Lasker





In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated.    

Emanuel Lasker





Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self image and self esteem.

Saudin Robovic





Chess is mental torture.    

Garry Kasparov)





Chess is not relaxing; it’s stressful even if you win.    

Jennifer Shahade





You cannot play at Chess if you are kind-hearted.    

French Proverb





When in doubt... play Chess!

Tevis





Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.

Marcel Duchamp

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