1. The chess player drops the piece of cloth and makes a sound in the east and strikes in the west. ——Qing·Zhang Feng

2. Chess is based on yin and yang, and Tao is latitude and longitude. ——Han Li Long

3. Chess is ruthless: you have to be prepared to murder others. ——Nigel Short

4. You don’t need to be very good, it’s enough to be better than your opponent. ——Tal

5. Playing chess is a kind of mental torture. ——Kasparov

6. Pawns are the soul of chess. ——Philidor

7. Every chess master was a beginner at first. ——Chernev

8. A true gentleman watches chess without speaking. ——Ming Feng Menglong

9. Chess is life. ——Bobby Fischer

10. Lansi plays are based on broad thinking and the wonderful principle of etiquette. ——Jin Cao Xin

11. At the end of the game, both the pawn and the king will return to the same box. ——Irish proverb

12. Chess is a beautiful story; there are a thousand and one mistakes; (or; a thousand and one mistakes;) — Savili Tatakwe

13. You see a good move, wait a minute and look for a better move. ——Emmanuelle Lasker