The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.

A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!

Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.

In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness.

Like the alchemist of old, for ever searching for the philosopher's stone, the analyst to-day never stops looking for stronger moves to prevent the defender from establishing equality.

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game

Any opening is good enough, if its reputation is bad enough.