Chess is life.

quote by Bobby Fischer
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In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the opposing player may demand that the move of the Rook shall stand without the Castling being completed.

quote by Howard Staunton
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Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists, which is an interesting gambit.

quote by Anthony Braxton
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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.

quote by Anatoly Karpov
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Chess Piece Face

Whats gonna happen to chess piece face
There go I but for my face
All I know could be defaced by the facts in the life of chess piece face
I dont know where he lives
Or if he knows to sail
Or if little schemes like this one ever cross his trail
But I dont believe hes dreaming
Or if he cares to know
So I shudder* in my lampshade
So, whats gonna happen to chess piece face
There I go but for my face
All I know could be defaced by the facts in the life of chess piece face
Chess piece face
Chess piece face
Chess piece face

song performed by They Might Be Giants
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See flaws and select
from flow fresh gambit gamble,
seek cause and effect

haiku by Jonathan Robin (11 December 2005)
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My Child's Tournament of Chess

High preparations
Great apprehensions
Last minute advises
Hope for celebrations
That's my child's tournament of chess.

Reaching the venue on time
Dying to know the opponent's name
Waiting for the match to commence
That's my child's tournament of chess.

Win or lose?
Life gets stuck
No mood to stroll
Hauling the mind
out of the chess hall
That's my child's tournament of chess.

My child starts appearing vulnerable
The opponent appears unbeatable

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poem by Anshul Gupta
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Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player.

quote by Max Euwe
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Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time.

quote by Solomon Burke
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

quote by Goethe
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

quote by Goethe
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

quote by Goethe
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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

quote by Max Euwe
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After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired.

quote by Anatoly Karpov
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When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn.

quote by Howard Staunton
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Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.

quote by Ralph Charell
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Chess is mental torture.

quote by Garry Kasparov
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Life's to short for chess.

quote by Henry James Byron
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Life's too short for chess.

quote by Henry James Byron
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