Chess Quotes

“Life's too short for chess.”

“Amberley excelled at chess—one mark, Watson, of a scheming mind.”

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“It is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game.”

“The game of chess is like a sword fight. You must think first, before you move.”

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“It is not only the most delightful and scientific, but the most moral of amusements.”

“He who played chess is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of a swine.”

“They say my chess games should be more interesting. I could be more interesting — and also lose.”

“I'm absolutely convinced that in chess – although it remains a game – there is nothing accidental.”

“You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know.”

“Let the chessboard supercede the card table, and a great improvement will be visible in the morals of the community.”

“I have played over several hundred of Morphy's games, and am continually surprised and entertained by his ingenuity.”

“There is no good in chess, and he disapproved of it... I heard him disapprove of playing it and other worthless games.”

“In my opinion, the King's Gambit is busted. It loses by force.”

“Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations.”

“This loss of interest, hair, and enterprise—
Ah, if the game were poker, yes,
You might discard them, draw a full house!
  But it's chess.”

“My life was in crisis. All my values were becoming meaningless. I was discovering that my chosen profession was empty, foolish, as useless as—as playing chess.”

““You are not the first to be shocked and horrified by chess,” he assured her. “It is a curse of the intellect. It is a game for lunatics—or else it creates them.””

“Shall we play Bezique? Or Nightjack? I’ve cards, or chess if you prefer, but I’ve always found chess to be a bit too much like real life to provide much enjoyment as a game.”