quotes you like about chess

"Women by their nature are not exceptional chess players.They are not great fighters." Gary Kasparov

Originally posted by gareth cobb
"Women by their nature are not exceptional chess players.They are not great fighters." Gary Kasparov

Chess is all about noticing your opponent's mistakes before they notice yours. -- me

"I HATE THIS GODDAMN GAME!" -my friend, when she loses

"I've always had a natural talent for coordinating my pieces." -my friend, when she wins

"Checkmate has no weaknesses."-Richard "Buck" Buchanan

"Bam him Art"-John Bowers RIP 🙁

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
"Bam him Art"-John Bowers RIP 🙁

Chess is life. Just when you think you have it figured out, it sneaks up and bites you on the ass.

Checkmate! oops
- me

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Actually in all seriousness, chess i think is empty. The biggest mistake i have made is to search for depth in it, there is to my mind none.

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Chess is what you make of it. It can be a hobby in passing, a passion, a fixation, an infatuation. You get out of it what you put into it, Chess is everything and it is nothing at the same time.
Wazzzzahhh!!

“Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as will be seen, in any sense attacking logic: I only say that this danger does lie in logic, not in imagination.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“I failed to make the chess team because of my height.”
― Woody Allen

"The mistakes are all there waiting to be made." -- Tartakower

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Chess is what you make of it. It can be a hobby in passing, a passion, a fixation, an infatuation. You get out of it what you put into it, Chess is everything and it is nothing at the same time.
Wazzzzahhh!!