Chess Quotes Collection #2 | Quotsagram

Chess is not like life; it has rules. -Mark Pasternak

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

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

Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders. -Savielly Tartakower

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

Excellence at chess is one mark of a scheming mind. -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Openings teach you openings. Endgames teach you chess. -Stephan Gerzadowicz

Chess is as much a mystery as women. -Purdy

Chess is the art of analysis. -Mikhail Botvinnik

Modern chess is too much concerned with things like pawn structure. Forget it, checkmate ends the game. -Nigel Short

We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chess player's nature. -Rudolf Spielman

The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us. -Thomas Huxley

Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events. -Benjamin Franklin

Your body has to be in top condition. Your chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind. -Bobby Fischer

Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine. -Spielmann

Methodical thinking is of more use in chess than inspiration. -Purdy

Every chess master was once a beginner. -Chernev

The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move. -David Bronstein

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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

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Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.

It’s easy to get obsessed with chess. That’s what happened with Fischer and Paul Morphy. I don’t have that same obsession.

Self-confidence is very important. If you don’t think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of sheer respect for your opponent.

Maybe if I didn’t have the talent in chess I’d find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I’m satisfied with that.

I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style.

For me, the most important thing is to continue to play well and to be a positive figure and hopefully a role model for kids as well.

Contrary to many young colleagues I do believe that it makes sense to study the classics.

I don’t look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.

People ask what my goal is. I don’t have a goal.

It is better to overestimate your prospects than underestimate them.

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it’s OK to lose. I don’t. You have to be merciless.

It’s nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don’t care too much about money.

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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess. -Anatoly Karpov

The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life. -Paul Morphy

In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent. -Vasily Smyslove

In life, as in chess, forethought wins. -Charles Buxton

Chess is not always about winning. Sometimes it's simply about learning, And so is life.

Chess is life. -Bobby Fischer

No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves. Sometimes you have to move backwards to take better steps forward. That's life.

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate. -Isaac Asimov

Cards and chess are the two most important games one should master, to master the life. -Gaurav(yourquote.in)

True love is like playing chess; a boy plays and always afraid of losing his queen and a girl risking everything just to protect her king.

Life is like chess. If you lose your queen, you'll probably lose the game.

Life is a kind of chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events. -Benjamin Franklin

Every man needs a woman when his life is a mess, because just like in a game of chess, the queen protects the king.

Life is a game of Tetris; stop playing it like chess.

Life is like a game of chess. I cannot undo the moves, but I can make the next step better. -Edwin Tan

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We don’t really know how the game was invented, though there are suspicions. As soon as we discover the culprits, we’ll let you know. -Bruce Pandolfini

When you absolutely don’t know what to do anymore, it is time to panic. -John van der Wiel

The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master. -Bent Larsen

The only thing Chess players have in common is Chess. -Lodewijk Prins

I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack of rheumatism. In the fourth game, I wasn’t feeling well. And in the fifth game? Well, must one have to win every game? -Siegbert Tarrasch

Fischer prefers to enter Chess history alone. -Miguel Najdorf

It is always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men. -Savielly Tartakower

Pawns are born free, yet they are everywhere in chains. -Rick Kennedy

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine. -Mikhail Tal

A man ceases to be a beginner in chess and becomes a master when he has learned that he is going to be a beginner all his life. -R.G. Collingwood

After a bad opening, there is hope for the middle game. After a bad middle game, there is hope for the endgame. But once you are in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived. -Edmar Mednis

Chess is not like life... It has rules. -Mark Pasternak

When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive. -Boris Spassky

I failed to make the chess team because of my height. -Woody Allen

I still hope to kill Fischer. -Boris Spassky

It is difficult to play against Einstein’s theory. -Mikhail Tal (when he lost his first game against Fischer)

The Pin is mightier than the sword. -Fred Reinfeld

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

The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient. -Aaron Nimzovich

No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness. -Viktor Korchnoi

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

The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is. -David Bronstein

Love is like a game of chess. One wrong move and you are married.

Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon. It'll just knock over all the pieces, shit on the board, and strut about like it's won anyway. -Anonymous

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Winning is not a secret that belongs to a very few, winning is something that we can learn by studying ourselves, studying the environment and making ourselves ready for any challenge that is in front of us. -Garry Kasparov

Self-confidence is very important. If you don’t think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of sheer respect for your opponent. Magnus Carlsen

The move is there, but you must see it. -Savielly Tartakower

It is better to overestimate your prospects than underestimate them. -Magnus Carlsen

Good positions don’t win games, good moves do. -Gerald Abrahams

It is not enough to be a good player. you must also play well. -Siegbert Tarrasch

The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it. -Aaron Nimzovich

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

It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan. -Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it’s okay to lose. I don’t. You have to be merciless. -Magnus Carlsen

Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth. -Alexander Kotov

Be a harsh critic of your own wins. -Vasilios Kotronias

Don't be afraid of losing, be afraid of playing a game and not learning something. -Dan Heisman

You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances. -Bobby Fischer

Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation. -Max Euwe

An innovation need not be especially ingenious, but it must be well worked out. -Paul Keres

Confidence is very important, even pretending to be confident. If you make a mistake but do not let your opponent see what you are thinking, then he may overlook the mistake. -Viswanathan Anand

Haste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp. -Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

A bad plan is better than none at all. -Frank Marshall

No one ever won a game by resigning. -Saviely Tartakower

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To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well. -Anatoly Karpov

Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan. -Alexander Alekhine

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind. -Bobby Fischer

Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately -Mikhail Botvinnik

I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else. -Boris Spassky

Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position -Anatoly Karpov

Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices. -Mikhail Tal

If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in open tournaments. -Anatoly Karpov

Contrary to many young colleagues I do believe that it makes sense to study the classics. -Magnus Carlsen

The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the climax of the game. -Boris Spassky

The cherished dream of every chess player is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it. -Mikhail Tal

You can only get good at chess if you love the game -Bobby Fischer

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Philosophical Quotes about Chess | Quotsagram

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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Quotes on Bobby Fischer by other Chess players | Quotsagram

Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess genius of all time! -Alexander Kotov

Do you realize Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents. -Yuri Balashov

Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess player who has ever lived. -Ken Smith

Fischer is completely natural. He plays no roles. He’s like a child. Very, very simple. -Zita Rajcsanyi

Fischer Chess play was always razor-sharp, rational and brilliant. One of the best ever. -Dave Regis

Fischer sacrificed virtually everything most of us weakies value, respect, and cherish, for the sake of an artful, often beautiful board game, for the ambivalent privilege of being its greatest master. -Paul Kollar

Fischer is the strongest player in the world. In fact, the strongest player who ever lived. -Larry Evans

Bobby is the most misunderstood, misquoted celebrity walking the face of this earth. -Yasser Seirawan

It began to feel as though you were playing against Chess itself. -Walter Shipman (on playing against Robert Fischer)

It is difficult to play against Einstein’s theory. -Mikhail Tal (after his loss to Fischer)

My God, Bobby Fischer plays so simply. -Alexei Suetin

In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody. -Paul Keres

I still hope to kill Fischer. -Boris Spassky

Fischer is an American Chess tragedy on par with Morphy and Pillsbury. -Mig Greengard

Suddenly it was obvious to me in my analysis I had missed what Fischer had found with the greatest of ease at the board. -Mikhail Botvinnik

With or without the title, Bobby Fischer was unquestionably the greatest player of his time. -Burt Hochberg

By the beauty of his games, the clarity of his play, and the brilliance of his ideas, Fischer made himself an artist of the same stature as Brahms, Rembrandt, and Shakespeare. -David Levy

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Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm.

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the chess player.

Many have become chess masters; no one has become the master of chess.

Every move(in chess) creates a weakness.

He who fears an isolated Queen's pawn should give up chess.

Always put the rook behind the pawn... Except when it is incorrect to do so.

One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent.

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

Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not pawns.

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man who has remained ignorant of love.

As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In its absence the game to me is lifeless and void. The vitalizing factor is missing, and I can devise no plan of attack.

Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about.

In tournaments it is not enough to be a connoisseur of chess; one must also play well.

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A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great chess player.

It is better to be one of the strongest chess players in the world, than to be one of many thousands with a diploma.

Nothing eases suffering like human touch.

All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.

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

Chess demands total concentration.

Tactics flow from a superior position.

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to chess. Others give only 2 percent.

Your body has to be in top condition. Your chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind.

It's just a matter of throwing in a few sacrifices, then checkmate.

All I want to do, ever, is just play chess.

There are tough players and nice guys, and I’m a tough player.

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

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves.

If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me.

Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it.

Different people feel differently about resigning.

You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances.

All my games are real.

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

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The mating sacrifice is the strongest of all sacrifices. -Rudolf Spielmann

A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. -Rudolph Spielmann

A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk. -Leonid Shamkovich

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it. -Wilhelm Steinitz

We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chess player’s nature. -Rudolf Spielman

Chess and offensive football are quite similar; you sacrifice something now to get something back later. -Barney Chavous

Adequate compensation for a sacrifice is having a sound combination leading to a winning position; adequate compensation for a blunder is having your opponent snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. -Bruce A. Moon

Fischer sacrificed virtually everything most of us 'weakies' value, respect, and cherish, for the sake of an artful, often beautiful board game, for the ambivalent privilege of being its greatest master. He even sacrificed his mother, Regina, to become the King of Chess. Paul Kollar

Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable. -Anatoly Karpov

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine. -Mikhail Tal

A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost a matter of course. -Siegbert Tarrasch

It was once said that Tal sacrificed 9 pawns for an attack. -Mato

A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover. -Savielly Tartakower

The beauty of a game of chess is usually assessed according to the sacrifices it contains. -Rudolf Spielmann

As a rule, so-called 'positional' sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities. -Alexander Alekhine

It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men. -Savielly Tartakover

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Even in the heat of a middlegame battle, the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending.-David Bronstein

Capture of the adverse king is the ultimate but not the first object of the game. -William Steinitz

Examine moves that smite. A good eye for smites is far more important than a knowledge of strategical principles. -Purdy

One bad move nullifies forty good ones. -Horowitz

The sign of a great master is his ability to win a won game quickly and painlessly. -Irving Chernev

The move is there, but you must see it. -Savielly Tartakower

All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned. -Siegbert Tarrasch

A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune. -Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he’s worse off. -Nigel Short

A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. -Rudolph Spielmann

Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence of surging emotions we sometimes lose concentration and stop objectively evaluating the events that are taking place on the board. -Mark Dvoretsky

Avoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess. -Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

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Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic. -Mikhail Botvinnik

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

Chess is everything; art, science and sport.

Life is like a chess game; you don't want to waste a move. -Bing Gordon

In life, as in chess, forethought wins. -Charles Buxton

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind. -Blaise Pascal

Chess is not always about winning. Sometimes it's simply about learning. And so is life.

True love is like playing chess. A boy always afraid of losing his queen, and a girl risking everything just to protect her king.

No one can win a game of chess by moving forward only. Sometimes one has to move backward also to get a better move.

He who fears an isolated queen's pawn should give up chess. -Siegbert Tarrasch

Chess is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game. -Paul Morphy

Every chess master was once a beginner. -Irving Chernev

Love is like a game of chess. One wrong move and you are married.

There are times when a well placed pawn is more powerful than a king.

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate. -Isaac Asimov

At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. -Italian proverb

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