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Quotes on chess

[Playing against Fischer] began to feel as though you were playing against chess itself.

– Walter Shipman
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Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders.

– Savielly Tartakower
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Chess you don’t learn; chess you understand.

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

– George Bernard Shaw
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Pawns are the soul of chess.

– François-André Philidor
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