"Chess first of all teaches you to be objective"

"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along"

"I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved"

"Chess is not for timid souls"

"I failed to make the chess team because of my height"

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

"Seem to be telling this, but really telling that. Three-dimensional writing, like three-dimensional chess. Nabokov was the other master of that. You could learn something from Nabokov on every page he ever wrote"

"I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country"

"Chess is not only knowledge and logic"

"The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time"

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