quotations about chess
One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the Whites and the Blacks have more in common with each other than with the players.
ANATOL RAPOPORT
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Strategy and Conscience
Now we appreciate that what affords us so much enjoyment in chess is really the same thing for all of us, be it for the layman who sees nothing finer in chess than the sacrificial combination or be it for the expert who marvels at the far-reaching scheme of a game. It is the triumph of the intellect and genius over the lack of imagination; the triumph of personality over materialism.
RICHARD RETI
Modern Ideas in Chess
Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind.
BOBBY FISCHER
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
attributed, "50 Greatest Chess Quotes Of All Time"
Chess is an art form, but an unusual one in that its greatest achievements require the out put of two minds. An attack is only as brilliant as the defense it must overcome.
BRUCE PANDOLFINI
Treasure Chess
Chess is not a standard for measuring the abilities of your acquaintances--nor an epitome of all the sciences--nor a panacea for all human ills--nor a subject for daily toil and nightly meditation. It is simply a recreation, and only to be used and regarded as such. The less selfish you are in its pursuit--the clearer head--the more patience--the better temper you bring to the practice of it, the better will you illustrate the merits of chess as the most intellectual of games, and establish your own character as a philosopher even in sport.
HOWARD STAUNTON
"The Chess-Player's Handbook,", Littell's Living Age, Aug. 18, 1849
The hardest thing in chess is to win a won game.
MAX EUWE
From My Games, 1920-1937
A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.
WILLIAM HAZLITT
Table Talk
Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.
VLADIMIR KRAMNIK
Music and Chess: Apollo Meets Caissa
Chess is not a science -- at least, not exclusively a science. The proportion as we see it is roughly one quarter science, one quarter art, and all the rest -- battle.
MAX EUWE & H. KRAMER
The Middlegame