Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe
- Indian Proverb
Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.
- Irving Chrenev
Chess is mental torture.
- Garry Kasparov
Chess is a curse upon man.
- H.G. Wells
A good player is always lucky.
- J.R. Capablanca
One bad move nullifies 40 good ones.
- Horowitz
The hardest game to win is a won game.
- Emmanuel Lasker
There just is'nt enough televised chess.
- David Letterman
Some part of a mistake is always correct.
- S. Tartakower
There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine.
- M. Tal
You cannot play at chess if you are kind-hearted.
- French Proverb
It is always better to sacrifice your opponents men.
- S. Tartakower
When you see a good move -- wait -- look for another.
- Emmanuel Lasker
The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made.
- S. Tartakower
I think it's almost definite that the game is drawn theoretically.
- R.J. Fischer
A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play.
- Richard Reti
Chess is 99% tactics.
- R. Teichmann
A good sacrifice is not one that is necessarily sound, but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.
- R. Spielmann
Modern chess is too much concerned with things like pawn structures. Forget it -- checkmate ends the game.
- N. Short
A chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have the advantage and the third...when you know you are going to lose!
- S. Tartakower
The winner of the game is the one who makes the next to the last mistake.
- S.Tartakower
During a chess competition a chessmaster should be the combination of a beast of prey and a monk.
- A Alekhine
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