Chess Quote of the Day

He is not the most talented or the strongest player but certainly the most inconvenient player in the world! His ambition is not to play actively, but to paralyse his opponents' intentions. (on Tigran Petrosian)  - Mikhail Botvinnik

The Story Behind the Creation of Chess Quotes

If you are like me ... an occasional half-decent chess tournament contender, it is very likely that you have quite the collection of chess books ...

"It has been said that man is distinguished from animal in that he buys more books than he can read. I should like to suggest that the inclusion of a few chess books would help to make the distinction unmistakable."  -  Edward Lasker

One day upon working my way through Garry Kasparov's excellent and inspirational "How Life Imitates Chess", I noticed that a chess quotation was referenced at the beginning of every chapter ... I also thought about a chess publication that used a collection of quotes on chess - some of them simply quite terrible and some not suitable to everyone's taste - and I thought about my rather large collection of chess books ... and the fact that I didn't know much of anything about websites ... what a great opportunity it would to learn about web design and create a site on Chess Quotes before someone else takes the idea ! .. and I was 'off to the races' as they say!

Of course I now have a defence should 'the better half' chose to complain about the purchase of a chess magazine or a chess book ... Dear, this is an important part of my research ...