One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the Whites and the Blacks have more in common with each other than with the players. Suddenly one loses all interest…

Quote by Anatol Rapoport

Topics: Chess Quotes

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition.

The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition.

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible...

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible...

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

All women are inferior to men.

All women are inferior to men.

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

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

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess.

I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as...

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as...