"The America's Cup is like a chess game on water, with boats as the pieces and tactics as the moves"

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

"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"

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

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

"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing"

"Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters"

"Chess is mental torture"

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

"I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore"

"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"