"Passed Pawns must be pushed"
Aron Nimzowitsch
“No one ever won a game by resigning”
Savielly Tartakower
"Chess is a beautiful mistress."
Bent Larsen
"I like the moment I break a man's ego."
Bobby Fischer
“A good player is always lucky”
Jose Raul Capablanca
“A bad plan is better than none at all.”
Frank Marshall
"Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency."
Raymond Chandler
"A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe that you have an advantage, and the third … when you know you're going to lose!"
Savielly Tartakower
“If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he’s worse off.”
Nigel Short
"At the end of the game. The King and Pawn go back into the same box."
Irish proverb
"You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas."
Stanley Kubrick
“Many have become chess masters; no one has become the master of chess.”
Siegbert Tarrasch
“Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the Chess player, not the Chess piece”
Ralph Charell
“Tactics flow from a superior position.”
Bobby Fischer
“Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.”
Savielly Tartakower
"Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe"
Indian proverb
"Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment."
Garry Kasparov
“When you see a good move, look for a better one.”
Emanuel Lasker
“The pawns are the soul of chess.”
Francois Andre Danican Philidor
“The hardest game to win is a won game.”
Emanuel Lasker
"Chess is everything: art, science, and sport."
Anatoly Karpov
"Chess is life."
Bobby Fischer
"That's chess! You've got to make some sacrifices!"
Ron Weasley
"The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move."
David Bronstein
"The Passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient."
Aron Nimzowitsch
Bart: "Hey, Lis, what do you call those guys in chess that don't matter?"
Lisa: "Well, a blockaded bishop is of little value, but I think you're referring to a pawn."
Lisa Simpson
"Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all."
Bobby Fischer
"A computer beat me in chess, but it was no match when it came to kickboxing."
Emo Phillips
"The pin is mightier than the sword."
Fred Reinfeld
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