'There's so many lessons I get from chess, it's incredible, but I think the biggest thing for me has always been is that losing is learning.'

Maurice Ashley

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

Savielly Tartakower

'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

'Even a poor plan is better than no plan at all.'

Mikhail Chigorin

'A good player is always lucky.'

José Raúl Capablanca

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

David Bronstein

'Planning anything is hopeless.'

Mikhail Tal

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

Viswanathan Anand

'Win with grace, lose with dignity!'

Susan Polgar