7 Chess Jokes for Each Knight of the Week

If you’re guilty of not having the best chess jokes, careful the judge doesn’t throw the rook at you! We’ve got you covered, in this article we’ll have you telling the best chess jokes in no time. From puns, to one-liners, to jokes only chess enthusiasts will grasp, here is a list of seven of the greatest chess jokes guaranteed to leave you laughing out loud. Be sure to share your favorite chess jokes in the comments!

1. “My wife said, she will leave me, when I take part in this chess tournament next week."

      “So what will you do?”

      “1.e4, like always!”

2. A chess master died – after a few days, a friend of his heard a voice; it was him!

      “What’s it like, where you are now,” he asked.

      “What do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news.”

      “Tell me the good news first.”

      “Well, it’s really heaven here. There are tournaments and blitz sessions going on all the time and Morphy, Alekhine, Lasker, Tal, Capablanca, Botvinnik, they’re all here, and you can play them.”

      “Fantastic!” the friend said, “and what is the bad news?”

      “You have Black against Capablanca on Saturday.”

3. In a park people come across a man playing chess against a dog. They are astonished and say:

      “What a clever dog!”

      But the man protests:

      “No, no, he isn’t that clever. I’m leading three games to one!”

Marital problems on and off the chess board.

4. How did the chess player make money during the match?

     From a Discovered Check he found on the board.

5. Making a film about playing chess in a lift. The Dark Knight Rises.

6. Love playing chess with people I meet in the park. Really hard to find thirty two of them                willing to take part, though.

7. Why is it so easy to learn how to move chess pieces?

    It’s all right there in black and white.

One square at a time!