“When you see a good move, look for a better one.”
Emanuel Lasker
"That's chess! You've got to make some sacrifices!"
Ron Weasley
“Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.”
Savielly Tartakower
"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
"I like the moment I break a man's ego."
Bobby Fischer
"Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency."
Raymond Chandler
“If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he’s worse off.”
Nigel Short
"The pin is mightier than the sword."
Fred Reinfeld
"A computer beat me in chess, but it was no match when it came to kickboxing."
Emo Phillips
“No one ever won a game by resigning”
Savielly Tartakower
"Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe"
Indian proverb
"Chess is life."
Bobby Fischer
"Chess is everything: art, science, and sport."
Anatoly Karpov
"At the end of the game. The King and Pawn go back into the same box."
Irish proverb
“A bad plan is better than none at all.”
Frank Marshall
"The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move."
David Bronstein
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
"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
“Tactics flow from a superior position.”
Bobby Fischer
"Chess is a beautiful mistress."
Bent Larsen
“The pawns are the soul of chess.”
Francois Andre Danican Philidor
"Passed Pawns must be pushed"
Aron Nimzowitsch
“Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the Chess player, not the Chess piece”
Ralph Charell
"Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all."
Bobby Fischer
“The hardest game to win is a won game.”
Emanuel Lasker
"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
"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
“A good player is always lucky”
Jose Raul Capablanca
“Many have become chess masters; no one has become the master of chess.”
Siegbert Tarrasch
