A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
Emo Philips

After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired.
Anatoly Karpov

Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic.
Eric Allin Cornell

Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.
Boris Spassky

But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here.
Dorothy Dunnett

Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.
Marcel Duchamp

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.
Alexander Alekhine

Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.
Alexander Alekhine

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.
Max Euwe

Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.
Vladimir Kramnik

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.
Raymond Chandler

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.
Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess is life.
Bobby Fischer

Chess is mental torture.
Garry Kasparov

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
Anatoly Karpov

Chess is not for timid souls.
Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.
Alexander Alekhine

Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people.
Nigel Short

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.
Adolf Anderssen