H. G. Wells Quotes

Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.

Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her.

Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.

Chess is not a game, but a disease.

All I ever want to do is just play chess.

I don't know if people know this but I am pretty good at chess. I was always on the chess team at school when I was younger.

My job is to play chess, the game that I love. I achieve what I can in chess. That is what I focus on. Basically, I am always focused on playing the game, and this is important to me.

It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess.

Chess will always be the master of us all.

Chess continues to advance over time, so the players of the future will inevitably surpass me in the quality of their play, assuming the rules and regulations allow them to play serious chess. But it will likely be a long time before anyone spends 20 consecutive years as number, one as I did.

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

I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.

I started chess around the age of seven. I was inspired by the game, but soon legends like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand and many other world champions captivated me.

Kids love games and chess is a game where you have to sit down and concentrate and it just helps in every way.

Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.

Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of whom we will never see again.

Chess is one long regret.

Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful tool at their disposal and can absorb vast amounts of information extremely quickly.

A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.

The captain was a good chess player, and the games were always interesting. Yossarian had stopped playing chess with him because the games were so interesting they were foolish.

Americans really don't know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.

My mother is Russian and father Nepalese, so we always had a chess board at home. Chess is part of the culture in both Russia and Nepal.

I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess