Hamilton Chess Club

Chess Quotations

Life is a kind of chess. --Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

The pawns are the soul of chess. --Francois-Andre Danican Philidor (1726-1795)

Help your pieces so they can help you. --Paul Morphy (1837-1884)

When you see a good move, look for a better one. --Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941)

A bad plan is better than none at all. --Frank Marshall (1877-1944)

The hardest thing in chess is to win a won game. --Frank Marshall (1877-1944)

Play the opening like a book, the middlegame like a magician, and the endgame like a machine. --Rudolf Spielmann (1883-1942)

The threat is stronger than the execution. --Aron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935)

It's always better to sacrifice your opponent's men. --Savielly Tartakower (1887-1956)

The winner is the one who makes the next to last mistake. --Savielly Tartakower (1887-1956)

Tactics is what you do when there is something to do; strategy is what you do when there is nothing to do. --Savielly Tartakower (1887-1956)

A good player is always lucky. --Jose Raul Capablanca (1888-1942)

The pin is mightier than the sword. --Fred Reinfeld (1910-1964)

Chess can only be learned; chess cannot be taught. --Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995)

Chess, first of all, is art. --Mikhail Tal (1936-1992)

All that matters on the chessboard is good moves. --Bobby Fischer (1943-2008)

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure. --Garry Kasparov (1963- )

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