#chess

I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country. ↗

It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess. ↗

If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#because #before #between #checkmate #chess

I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position. ↗

— Marcel Duchamp

#art #beauty #cannot #chess #commercialized

But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here. ↗

— Dorothy Dunnett

#always #because #chess #father #fondness

You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme; that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life. ↗

— Dorothy Dunnett

#because #chess #chronicles #design #each

Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess. ↗

— Eric Bogosian

#ensemble #hard #like

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory. ↗

— Max Euwe

#chess #game #main #object #remains

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

— Max Euwe

#become #checkmate #chess #game #giving

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#beauty #begins #both #cannot #chess

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