All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
It is not enough to be a good player. . . you must also play well
Ralph. . . would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.
Every Chess master was once a beginner
Let the perfectionist play postal.
It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory.
In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated.
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings
By playing at Chess then, we may learn. . . First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.
By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight. . . Second: Circumspection. . . Third: Caution. . . And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources
Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation
The passion for playing Chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world
You know you're going to lose. Even when I was ahead I knew I was going to lose -on playing against Fischer
No fool can play chess, and only fools do.
If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me
Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival.
Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.
Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
I think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium.