"Chess is not for timid souls."

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Wilhelm Steinitz, American Celebrity

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"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."

"I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess."

"The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner."

"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind."

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"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways."

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"Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess."

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