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chess game

«One could probably liken the task of improvising a six-part fugue to the playing of sixty simultaneous blindfold games of chess, and winning them all»
«In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate»
«Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.»
«The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.»
«My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.»
Author: Dave Barry (Humorist, Writer) | About: Chess | Keywords: chess, chess game, chess piece
«Because of the level of my chess game, I was able - even against a weak opponent, such as my younger brothers or the dog - to get myself checkmated in under three minutes. I challenge any computer to do it faster.»
«Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.»
«I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.»