Interesting Chess Quotes

"Chess is not relaxing; it's stressful even if you win." - Jennifer Shahade

"Chess first of all teaches you to be objective." -Alekhine

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i gotta post this Reti quotation, it brings a smile every time i read it

now we appreciate that what affords us so much enjoyment in chess is really the same
thing for all of us, be it for the layman who sees nothing finer in chess than the
sacrificial combination or be it the expert who marvels at the far reaching scheme of
the game. It is the triumph of intellect and genius over lack of imagination; the
triumph of personality over materialism. - Reti

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"Chess first of all teaches you to be objective." -Alekhine

That's a funny one coming from ol' Alex. He was known by all for his objectivity...😵

Richard

Lasker: "A gambit is a powerful weapon, especially when used against opponents burdened with bookish knowledge."

Richard

"chess is as much a mystery as women"

Purdy

‘On another occasion, in Berlin, having missed the first prize by losing to Sämisch,
Nimzowitsch got up on a table and shouted, “Why must I lose to this idiot?” This story
was told to me by the idiot himself.’ - Hans Kmoch

“As a kid, chess was the first thing I studied in a structured way that helped me gain the discipline to study medicine and become a successful doctor.” M. Spitz (Professor of Neurology at the University of Colorado and one of the nation's leading experts in epilepsy.)

"Chess-play is a good and wiitie exercise of the mind for some kinds of men, and fit for such melancholy persons as are idle and have imperfect thoughts, or troubled with cares; nothing better to distract their minds and alter their meditations." - Robert Burton 'Anatomy of Melancholy' (1626)
Pretty fair evaluation, IMO!