Chess Quotes

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.

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.

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.

In Kansas I have a chess school.

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.

Never having played Chess before, it was most interesting to be playing the game with no pieces in front of me. But I still knew how to stroke my hair when I won.

Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome.

In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my father was the chess master of the region, and so he had him to his house every night.

I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt.

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.

Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.

Life's to short for chess.

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.

Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot in that thinking. It's the subtlety of sexiness. The moment you try to be sexy, then it's not.

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.

I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.

I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.

Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time.