| Chess is the gymnasium of the mind. -Blaise Pascal |
| Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer. -Albert Einstein |
| Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. -Ralph Charell |
| The beauty of chess is it can be whatever you want it to be. It transcends language, age, race, religion, politics, gender, and socioeconomic background. Whatever your circumstances, anyone can enjoy a good fight to the death over the chess board. -Simon Williams |
| Chess is not relaxing; it's stressful even if you win. -Jennifer Shahade |
| Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when in you're trouble. -Stanley Kubrick |
| During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey. -Alexander Alekhine |
| Help your pieces so they can help you. -Paul Morphy |
| If cunning alone were needed to excel, women would be the best chess players. -Adolf Albin |
| If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company. -Nigel Short |
| If the student forces himself to examine all the moves that smite, however absurd they look at first glance, he is on the way to becoming a master of tactics. -Cecil Purdy |
| If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure. -Garry Kasparov |
| In chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth. -Edmar Mednis |
| If a mistake or an inaccuracy occurs, there is no need to assume 'all is lost' and mope; one must reorient oneself quickly, and find a new plan to fit the new situation. -David Bronstein |
| It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan. -Eugene Znosko-Borovsky |
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