” Chess is a sport. A violent sport.”
Marcel Duchamp
Some twenty years ago an English journalist complained that in sports, only chess and marbles were above suspicion. One wonders what has happened in the world of marbles.
Hans Ree
It isn’t important what comes off the board, but what stays on!
Yasser Seirawan
” The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.”
David Bronstein
When your house is on fire, you can’t be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in chess, if your King is under attack, don’t worry about losing a pawn on the queenside.
Garry Kasparov
