15 Great Chess Quotes

Hi there, I am back to show you some really inspirational chess quotes that I hope will inspire you like they did me. Here you will find quotes by the best chess players of all time such as Bobby Fisher, Kramnik, Lasker, Morphy, and many others. Lets go right on in with number 1.

1. "Without error there can be no brilliancy." -Emanuel Lasker

2. "Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways." -Vladimir Kramnik

3. "All I want to do, ever, is play chess."  -Bobby Fischer

4. "When you see a good move, look for a better one." -Emanuel Lasker

5. "Nobody ever won a chess game by resigning." -Savielly Tartakower

6. "When I'm white I win because I'm white, When I'm black I win because I'm Bogoljubov" - Efim Bogoljubov 

7. “Unlike other games in which lucre is the end and aim, [chess] recommends itself to the wise by the fact that its mimic battles are fought for no prize but honor. It is eminently and emphatically the philosopher’s game.” - Paul Morphy

8. "Every chess master was once a beginner" -Irving Chernev

9. "Chess demands total concentration" -Bobby Fischer

10. "Some part of a mistake is always correct." -Savielly Tartakower

11. "Chess is played with the mind and not the hands!" -Renaud and Kahn

12. “Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.” – Ralph Charell

13. “Chess is the struggle against the error.” – Johannes Zukertort

14. “The beauty of chess is it can be whatever you want it to be. It transcends language, age, race, religion, politics, gender, and socioeconomic background. Whatever your circumstances, anyone can enjoy a good fight to the death over the chess board.” – Simon Williams

15. “I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.” – Marcel Duchamp

I hope you have enjoyed these 15 great chess quotes and that they inspire you also. 

Put down in the comments any other great quotes you find and I might make another edition of this article.

Bye

@Verne9

P.S. I did not make up Efim Bogoljubov's name he was a real person who is most famous for losing to people like Alekhine and Capablanca!

P.P.S Here are three more I did not include

We learn little from victory much from defeat - Japanese Proverb

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess. - Anatoly Karpov

He who analyzes blitz is stupid - Rashid Nezhmetdinov