What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game

I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack of rheumatism. In the fourth game, I wasn't feeling well. And in the fifth game? Well, must one have to win every game?

Here are some of the questions and answers to an examination paper in chess that was given some time ago

One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat

White lost because he failed to remember the right continuation and had to think up the moves himself

I have a quite feeling of pity for all those who don't know chess; almost like I am sorry for those who never learned to love. Chess, like love and music, has the ability of making people happy.

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game