MARK RUBERY CHESS

Chess inspires a variety of comments from its vassals. Here follows an interesting selection.

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“I am fully and entirely concentrated on the board. I never even consider my opponent's personality. So far as I am concerned, my opponent might as well be an abstraction or an automaton.” — Wilhelm Steinitz

“He who has a slight disadvantage plays more attentively, inventively and more boldly than his antagonist, who either takes it easy or aspires after too much. Thus a slight disadvantage is very frequently seen to convert into a good, solid advantage.” — Emanual Lasker