My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the read more

One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the Whites and the Blacks have more in common with each other than with the players. Suddenly one loses all interest in who will be champion.

"When I am white I win because I am white. When I am black I win because I am Bogoljubov

"When I am white I win because I am white. When I am black I win because I am Bogoljubov

The mistakes are all waiting to be made.

The mistakes are all waiting to be made.

Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.

Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.

All women are inferior to men.

All women are inferior to men.

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only read more

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time