Chess Quotes
Legendary words of chess wisdom. Our collection of valuable quotations about the game of chess.
Navigating Life’s Chessboard
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Ben Franklin
“Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events.” - Ben Franklin
Irving Chernev
“Every chess master was once a beginner.” - Irving Chernev
Mikhail Botvinnik
“Chess is the art of analysis.” - Mikhail Botvinnik
Albert Einstein
“Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer.” - Albert Einstein
Aristotle
“When you’re lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war.” - Aristotle
H. G. Wells
“There is no remorse like the remorse of chess.” - H. G. Wells
Lodewijk Prins
“The only thing chess players have in common is chess.” - Lodewijk Prins
Emanuel Lasker
“When you see a good move, look for a better one.” - Emanuel Lasker
Bobby Fischer
“All I want to do, ever, is just play Chess.” - Bobby Fischer
Savielly Tartakower
“Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders.” - Savielly Tartakower
Mikhail Botvinnik
“Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists.” - Mikhail Botvinnik
Walter Tevis
“Chess isn’t always competitive. Chess can also be beautiful.” - Walter Tevis
José Raúl Capablanca
“An hour’s history of two minds is well told in a game of chess.” - José Raúl Capablanca
Charles Buxton
“In life, as in chess, forethought wins.” - Charles Buxton
David Bronstein
" The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is." - David Bronstein
Blaise Pascal
“Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.” - Blaise Pascal
François-André Danican Philidor
“The pawns are the soul of chess.” - François-André Danican Philidor
Anatoly Karpov
“Chess is everything: art, science and sport.” - Anatoly Karpov
Al-Masudi
“Via the squares on the chessboard, the Indians explain the movement of time and the age, the higher influences which control the world and the ties which link Chess with the human soul.” - Al-Masudi
Charles Dickens
“Love that has a game of chess in it can checkmate any man and solve the problem of life.” - Charles Dickens
Heinrich Fraenke
" For surely of all the drugs in the world, Chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." - Heinrich Fraenke
David Letterman
“There just isn’t enough televised Chess.” - David Letterman
Emanuel Lasker
“Chess is above all, a fight!” - Emanuel Lasker
Richard Teichmann
“Chess is 99 percent tactics.” - Richard Teichmann
