| First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game. -Siegbert Tarrasch |
| Many has become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess. -Siegbert Tarrasch |
| The hardest game to win is a won game. -Emanuel Lasker |
| Chess is not like life. It has rules. -Mark Pasternak |
| Chess does not drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane. -Bill Hartston |
| In Chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth. -Edmar Mednis |
| Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others chess. -Evan Esar |
| It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well. -Siegbert Tarrasch |
| There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world. -Pierre Mac Orlan |
| Openings teach you openings. Endgames teach you chess. -Stephan Gerzadowicz |
| It is not enough to be a good player. You must also play well. -Siegbert Tarrasch |
| If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure. -Garry Kasparov |
| When you see a good move, look for a better one. -Emanuel Lasker |
| Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists. -Marcel Duchamp |
| Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check. -AronNimzowitsch |
| The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move. -David Bronstein |
| Good positions don’t win games, good moves do. -Gerald Abrahams |
| Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game. -Siegbert Tarrasch |
| The laws of Chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not. -Emanuel Lasker |
| The move is there, but you must see it. -Savielly Tartakower |
| Be the chess player, not the chess piece. -Ralph Charell |
| Chess isn’t a game of speed, it is a game of speech through actions. -Matthew Selman |
| Of Chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not Chess. -William Ewart Napier |
| When the Chess game is over, the Pawn and the King go back into the same box. -Irish saying |
