Carl Silva

“playing chess against oneself is thus as paradoxical as jumping over one’s own shadow.”
― Stefan Zweig, Chess Story

“Playing well requires study—period. There are more and less sophisticated ways to play the game, and those unwilling to face up to the reality of chess knowledge will be consigned forever to be ineffective, ignorant underachievers. (Understanding this hard truth didn’t amount to acting on it, but it was at least a good first step.)”
― David Shenk, The Immortal Game: A History of Chess

“The game of the gods. Infinite possibilities.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, The Defense: Previously published as The Luzhin Defense

“But what good was this theoretical rubbish?”
― Stefan Zweig, Chess Story