Chess Quotes Quotes

“You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.”
― Mikhail Tal

“The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named 'combination'.”
― Emanuel Lasker

“You can’t change the system unless you know it well. You can’t play chess well unless you know all the moves.”
― Abhaidev, The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit

“Nothing was done to us - we were simply placed in a complete void, and everyone knows that nothing on earth exerts such pressure on the human soul as a void.”
― Stefan Zweig

“Celebrating the Queen!

Chess tells you that the king can't do anything alone

8 March International Women's Day

शतरंज बताती है राजा अकेला कुछ नहीं कर सकता है”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“My favourite chess saying is very simple: You can play without a plan, but you’ll probably lose.’

- Rutherford Gravesdown”
― Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder

“Life is not the game of Chess - "Check - Mate, game over", and play again. Life gives you ample time to improve, learn and correct your mistakes and enjoy, THAN "Check - Mate, game over".”
― Mohammad Sami

“По личному опыту мне было знакомо таинственное очарование «королевской игры», единственной из игр, изобретенных человеком, которая не зависит от прихоти случая и венчает лаврами только разум, или, вернее, особенную форму умственной одаренности. Но разве узкое определение «игра» не оскорбительно для шахмат? Однако это и не наука, и не искусство, вернее, нечто среднее, витающее между двумя этими понятиями, подобно тому как витает между небом и землей гроб Магомета. В этой игре сочетаются самые противоречивые понятия: она и древняя, и вечно новая; механическая в своей основе, но приносящая победу только тому, кто обладает фантазией; ограниченная тесным геометрическим пространством – и в то же время безграничная в своих комбинациях; непрерывно развивающаяся – и совершенно бесплодная; мысль без вывода, математика без результатов, искусство без произведений, архитектура без камня. И, однако, эта игра выдержала испытание временем лучше, чем все книги и творения людей, эта единственная игра, которая принадлежит всем народам и всем эпохам, и никому не известно имя божества, принесшего ее на землю, чтобы рассеивать скуку, изощрять ум, ободрять душу. Где начало ее и где конец? Ее простые правила может выучить любой ребенок, в ней пробует свои силы каждый любитель, и в то же время в ее неизменно тесных квадратах рождаются особенные, ни с кем не сравнимые мастера – люди, одаренные исключительно способностями шахматистов. Это особые гении, которым полет фантазии, настойчивость и мастерство точности свойственны не меньше, чем математикам, поэтам и композиторам, только в ином сочетании и с иной направленностью. В дни увлечения физиогномическими исследованиями какой-нибудь Галль[1] должен был бы в первую очередь исследовать головной мозг одного из гениальных шахматистов, чтобы установить, нет ли в сером веществе его мозга особой извилины, нет ли там какого-то особого шахматного нерва или шахматной шишки.”
― Zweig Stefan

“Mountains don’t make me want to climb them, rain doesn’t make me want to dance and birds don’t make me want to fly. I just want to spend my life pushing wood in total oblivion, feeling just a tinge of happiness every time I win and great depression when I lose.”
― J.M. Furace, The International Master: and Other Short Stories

“There is profound meaning in the game of chess. The board itself is life and death, painted as such in black and white. The pieces are those that make a life fundamentally healthy. The pawns are attributes we gather with nourishment and significance. The knight is our ability to be mobile and travel in whatever form it takes. The rook or castle is a place we can call home and protect ourselves from the elements. The bishop is that of our community and our belonging. The king is our mortal body; without it, we can no longer play the game. The queen is the spirit of the body - what drives our imagination, urges, a life force. A captured queen removes energy from the game, and the player may become complacent. A crowning reminder of the game is that the spirit can be possessed again through our attributes.”
― Lorin Morgan-Richards

“Only the leaders and famous people will be remembered. The rest will be like pieces on the chessboard.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“My main interest right now is to expose the Jews, this is a lot bigger than me. This is not just My Struggle [a reference to Hitler’s Mein Kampf] .... This is life and death for the world .... I read the Jerusalem Post .... Israel has three high-tech submarines built by Germany with nuclear capability.”
― Bobby Fischer

“I always plan for longterm, life to me is a never ending chess match”
― James D. Wilson

“Life is like a game of chess. Either be a KING or used as a pawn”
― Sufyan Sabir

“To the angel of death, we are all like chess pieces on the chessboard.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“War is not just about to shoot the gun and kill, it's a real chess game”
― Mohammed Zaki Ansari, "Zaki's Gift Of Love"

“War is not just about picking up the gun and shooting the bullet. War is a real chess game.”
― Mohammed Zaki Ansari, "Zaki's Gift Of Love"

“I wish I could give myself to you in pieces so that you never get enough of me. Then I realized that you had already given me all of you; and by that single chess move, I understood, that you knew love, and already said Yes, before I do.”
― Paul Bamikole

“Life is a game of chess, where each move requires careful consideration and strategizing. Sometimes, the pieces fall into place, and other times, we are faced with obstacles that seem insurmountable. It is in those moments of adversity that our true character is revealed, and we are forced to make decisions that can ultimately determine the course of our lives.”
― Lynda Dodds

“One-night stands are like chess, only the loser desires a rematch.”
― Jack Freestone

“Never take it personal when someone intoxicated with ignorance impulsively attacks you for speaking the Truth.

The unconscious mind is as much the real enemy as an inanimate pawn on a chessboard the real threat.

It’s the insidious hand that guides them that poses the true danger.”
― Gavin Nascimento

“Behind every move I make on the chess board lies a story of calculation, intuition, and passion. With every game, I discover more about myself and the endless possibilities of the game”
― medicosaurabh

“Era un giorno d'autunno dal colore bluastro, in compagnia di Boris Spasskij. Stavano analizzando la partita appena giocata e Miša muoveva i pezzi avanti e indietro soltanto per cercare di sacrificarli: a ogni variante proposta da Boris replicava immolando un pedone o un cavallo, per scoprire puntualmente che le combinazioni non funzionavano, la catena di mosse si spezzava in qualche anello. Eppure una via doveva esserci; doveva pur esistere il modo di presentare una nuova offerta all'altare.
Si accaniva con foga, incapace di arrendersi all'evidenza, e l'amico a un certo punto gli diceva: "Senti, lo sai che non funziona cosi, vero? Che non e' possibile trovare sempre un sacrificio ?".
"Si, si, lo so", rispondeva Miša sbuffando. E poi una risata: "Ma vorrei tantissimo che lo fosse! ".”
― Giorgio Fontana, Il Mago di Riga

“Botvinnik affermava sempre, e con orgoglio, di non giocare mai per puro piacere. Miša restava senza parole: il piacere era la ragione principale per cui lui giocava.”
― Giorgio Fontana, Il Mago di Riga

“In ogni paese, a ogni torneo, individui di qualsiasi nazionalità ed etnia uniti dalla medesima ossessione. Gens una sumus: cosi il motto della Federazione internazionale degli scacchi. Siamo una sola famiglia di persone inebriate dal rumore dei pezzi sul legno -- tac! toc! e pronte a ritrovarci qui nonostante le barriere, i muri, l'atomica, tutto quel che fino a un attimo fa sembrava separarci per sempre, e tutto quel che un domani inventeremo per separaci ancora.”
― Giorgio Fontana, Il Mago di Riga

“The 32 Society by Stewart Stafford

Fight to the last piece, they said,
Icons of state bring up the rear,
Grunt pawn's first blood duty,
Let the board's body count commence.

Equine knight in dog-legged battle,
Warrior bishop's angular support,
Scorpion's claw pincer movement,
Then, the trap slams mercilessly shut.

The field wiped clean of combatants,
The aristocracy's barren playground,
Royals tour their chequered court,
Pieces reassembled as war restarts.

© Stewart Stafford, 2024. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“This life is like a game of chess; everyone has to make some moves.”
― M.V. Mitic, Beautiful Monster: A Dark Vampire Love Story with Mystery & War

“Wer Schach kann, ist ein Gentleman. Wer es gut kann, hat Zeit verschwendet.

"He who can play chess is a gentleman. He who plays it well has wasted time.”
― Mark Mummert

“In life, everything’s a mess. But on the board? I see everything. You can have your fake smiles and loud wins — I’ll take my quiet checkmates.”
― medicosaurabh

“In chess, just as in life, progress isn't about perfection, it's about the move that makes you better than before.”
― Zinny Ekechukwu