Chess, like mathematics and music, is a nursery for child prodigies.

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Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.

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It's no time to play chess when the house is on fire.

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Bobby Fischer

your pappy ain't your pappy, but that's OK,
well, he ain't your pappy, but that's ok
you can still play chess anyway,
bobby fischer.

yes, you can play the game of chess,
yes, the game of chess,
but in the game of life, your life is a mess,
bobby fischer.

I don't know but something ain't right,
I don't know but something ain't right,
you were a jew, yet an anti-semite,
bobby fischer,

being paranoid ain't so bad,
I mean it ain't so bad,
considering the life you had,
bobby fischer.

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poem by Richard Jarboe
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It is no time to play chess when the house is on fire.

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Change His Ways

Deep in the jungle He lost her favour
Another gambit He would have made her
He gave her perfume She use his razor
And decided to change his ways
She was a gambler He didn't blame her
She had a dimple in her favour
At the last minute He always chase her
And decided to change his ways
Life would be so much more exciting
If we could live it day by day
We could at least adjust the lighting
To illuminate the way
He took the loving that she'd been craving
She took advantage of the saving
It almost ruined her reputation
And decided to change his ways
[Yodeling]
Life would be so much more exciting
If we could live it day by day
We could at least adjust the lighting

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song performed by Robert Palmer
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

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The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner.

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There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

quote by Charles Dudley Warner
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I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting.

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Checkmate

(n. hendryx)
Queen to your king
Dont be afraid to move away to safety
I know you well, I can tell when your heart is feelin lonely
Ive seen those knights in armour guardin your door
Oh, but Im gonna keep on comin til you cant move no more
You can bait me, fake me, yeah
But I keep on comin at ya
You break me, shake me, yeah
I aint movin backwards
Shake me, take me, yeah
I keep on goin
til I hold you in checkmate once more, mmm
Im a queen to your king
Yes, Ive been told that you use your pawn to hurt me
Oh, nothings been gained
Oh, I can see that your bishops lies then wonders
Oh, if he could stop me with the power he holds
It ties me, it ties me over with his prison, his goal
You can bait me, fake me

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~ Checkmate ~

I sweat
To be a poet
Please wait
I’ll be a poet.

Please wait
Till a date
I’ll be a poet.

Finally of late
Confessing straight
Puzzled by words
I’m checkmate.

For sure I bet
I can’t be a poet! !

poem by Ms. Nivedita Bagchi Spc. Uk.
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A Chess Club

Just look at those players!
They sit and they squirm on hard, wooden chairs,
Engrossed in the secrets of sixty-four squares,
Shuffling and groaning and pulling their hairs
Till suddenly one of them loudly declares
'Checkmate! ' to his rival, and everyone stares! !

The loser stands up with a grimace of hate
(He's never been good at accepting his fate)
'You were lucky! ' he snarls, 'but don't underrate
Me! I'll beat you tomorrow, just you wait,
When the chess-club opens, don't be late,
We'll see who's the master, I'LL CRUSH YOU, mate! ! '

poem by John Thorkild Ellison
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Life is Chess

Lets play a game of chess
A game that could bring about stress
A game that could also depress
If you strive to win without success

Chess is life Kasporov said
Thats what l thought off when l went to bed
Its funny you have a king and a queen
That represents a whole lot of things
Marriage, Politics, love and dont forget natures law

While the bishop goes with religion
The knights go to war to represent the nation
And the pawns march on like soldiers without a choice
But to defend our lives
The castle a wall around our thoughts
A protector for what our identity is worth

Who is behind the strategy
Does the player represent leadership

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poem by Sylvia Chidi
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Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.

quote by Garry Kasparov
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I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.

quote by Alexander Alekhine
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My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

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Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

quote by Raymond Chandler
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No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.

quote by Anatoly Karpov
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I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.

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