Chess Quotes

Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.

Life's too short for chess.

I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.

I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days.

It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory.

Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you. Football is the same way. I study so much film that I know exactly what teams are going to do. I love knowing what a offense is going to run and stuffing that play.

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

I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players.

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

I stole a piece of the chess set on the first film. I took a piece of the treasure out of Bellatrix's vault on this film. And I've taken my wand and I've got my cloak.

I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future.

The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.

She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his; and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited.

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.

In Kansas I have a chess school.

Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people.

I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess.

But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here.

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.

Chess is mental torture.

Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll do it differently later.

I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.