Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment. ~ Garry Kasparov

When you see a good move, look for a better one. ~ Emanuel Lasker

The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made. ~ Savielly Tartakower

Of chess, it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess. ~ William Napier

The Pin is mightier than the sword ~ Fred Reinfeld

Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation ~ Max Euwe

Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind ~ Bobby Fischer

In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else, for whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame ~ Jose Raul Capablanca

After black’s reply to 1.e4 with 1..e5, leaves him always trying to get into the game ~ Howard Staunton

The hardest game to win is a won game ~ Emanuel Lasker

Chess is life ~ Bobby Fischer

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine ~ Mikhail Tal

Chess is thirty to forty percent psychology. You don’t have this when you play a computer. I can’t confuse it ~ Judith Polgar

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind ~ Blaise Pascal

Checkers is for tramps ~ Paul Morphy

We don’t really know how the game was invented, though there are suspicions. As soon as we discover the culprits, we’ll let you know ~ Bruce Pandolfini

The beauty of chess is it can be whatever you want it to be. It transcends language, age, race, religion, politics, gender and socioeconomic background. Whatever your circumstances, anyone can enjoy a good fight to the death over the chess board. ~ Simon Williams

Unlike other games in which lucre is the end and aim, [chess] recommends itself to the wise by the fact that its mimic battles are fought for no prize but honour. It is eminently and emphatically the philosopher’s game. ~ Paul Morphy

Every chess master was once a beginner. ~ Irving Chernev