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Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.

Blaise Pascal / Mathematician
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Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.

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The self is hateful.

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We like to be deceived.

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May God never abandon me.

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At the ches with me she (Fortune) gan to pleye; With her false draughts (pieces) dyvers/She staal on me, and took away my fers. And when I sawgh my fers awaye, Allas! I kouthe no lenger playe.

Geoffrey Chaucer Poet

I was still too weak to understand his chess ideas at that time but I remember being covered in smoke.

Alexei Shirov Chess Player

I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all.

Bobby Fischer Chess Player

The best tournament that I have ever played in was in 1950. It was great - a waiter came to you during the game, and you could order anything you wanted to drink (even some vodka, if you liked). Pity, there are no longer tournaments organized in this manner.

Boris Spassky Chess Player

With a name like that, he must be Catholic, right?

Burt Hochberg Author

I maintain that in every position that arises, we should deliberately search, among other things, for pieces which have no retreat. If we see one, we automatically look to see if it can be netted.

Cecil Purdy Chess Master

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