'Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders.'

Savielly Tartakower

'When you see a good move, look for a better one.'

Emanuel Lasker

'There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine.'

Mikhail Tal

'How you lose matters. Don't be afraid of losing - it paralyzes you.'

Judit Polgar

'Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.'

Garry Kasparov

'I am more strongly confirmed than ever in the belief that the time devoted to chess is literally frittered away.'

Paul Morphy

'A good player is always lucky.'

José Raúl Capablanca

'The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move.'

David Bronstein

'I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.'

Magnus Carlsen

'Well, I think, in large part, when I first began playing chess at seven years old, I was quite bad at it. I lost a lot of games when I first started.'

Hikaru Nakamura

'A win is a win, which is about that particular moment.'

Viswanathan Anand

'Win with grace, lose with dignity!'

Susan Polgar