"Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe" -- Indian Proverb
"The loser is always at fault." -- Panov
"Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue." -- Reti
"The older I grow, the more I value Pawns." -- Keres
Once one of the masters during an analysis quoted Fine, "As Reuben Fine said, "I'd rather have a pawn than a finger."
To which Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili replied:
"It all depends: which pawn and which finger?" -- Duif
"The hardest game to win is a won game." -- Em. LASKER
"Some part of a mistake is always correct." -- TARTAKOVER
"There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine." -- TAL
"An isolated Pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard." -- TARTAKOVER
"When you see a good move--wait--look for a better one." -- Em. LASKER
"To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game." -- TARTAKOVER
"The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made." -- TARTAKOVER
"Chess is like war on a board"--Bobby Fischer
"You have to have the fighting spirit. You have
to force moves and take chances"--Bobby Fischer
"That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your
opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one"--Bobby Fischer
"Different people feel differently about resigning"--Bobby Fischer
"Chess demands total concentration"--Bobby Fischer
"There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine"
--Mikhail Tal
"A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound
but leaves your opponent dazed and confused"
--Rudolph Spielmann
"Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation"
--Max Euwe
"A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it"
--Wilhelm Steinitz
"You can only get good at Chess if you love the game"
--Bobby Fischer
"Bobby just drops the pieces and they fall on the right squares"--Miguel Najdorf
"I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who
has no knowledge of Chess"--Tarrasch
"Chess is 99% tactics"
-- Richard TEICHMANN
"Those who say they understand chess, understand nothing"
-- Robert HUBNER
