The best Quotes by Jan Gustafsson

Chess is a constant struggle between my desire not to lose and my desire not to think.

Chess

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You know how the game of chess is played. Pieces must be sacrificed!

Orochimaru in Naruto

Chess

The only opponents who aren't coming up with excuses for being defeated by me are computers.

Bobby Fischer (World Chess Champion)

Losing & Defeat Excuses Chess

All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.

Bobby Fischer

Chess

Chess is life.

Bobby Fischer

Chess

Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.

Hikaru Nakamura

Thinking Chess

Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because of their religion or country of origin.

Hikaru Nakamura

Chess

In poker, you want to play the weaker guys. In chess, it's the opposite.

Hikaru Nakamura

Chess Poker

People know three chess players: Magnus, Hikaru and me. That's bad. That's not my fault. And I hope it changes.

GothamChess - Juni 2025

Magnus Carlsen Chess Hikaru Nakamura

What's worth more than a Queen? You are.

GothamChess

Chess

"Checkmate" doesn't mean you've simply cornered the enemy king. It's a declaration that the enemy king is yours.

Sora in No Game No Life

Chess

It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.

Kazuo Ishiguro in Never Let Me Go

Chess

I believe that cheating in chess is a big deal and an existential threat to the game.

Magnus Carlsen - September 2022

Chess

Phoenix: "Hey Sova! We're gonna hit the chessboard after this, yeah?"
Sova: "You lack the patience, friend. Learn that first, then we'll approach strategy."

Sova in Valorant

Chess

Phoenix: "I should have picked this game."
Cypher: "[playing chess] Winning requires sacrifice. Not really your style."

Cypher in Valorant - Episode 4 Cinematic

Chess

I wanted to begin chatting to whoever the chess guy was... oh, it's you? What's your favorite opening? I bet it's not a v*gina.

Tom Cashman

Chess Vaginas

Chess is mental torture.

Garry Kasparov

Chess

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

Bobby Fischer

Chess

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

Magnus Carlsen

Chess

I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn’t even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess.

Magnus Carlsen

Chess

The highest art of the chessplayer lies in not allowing your opponent to show you what he can do.

Garry Kasparov

Chess

Few things are as mentally brutal as chess.

The Queen's Gambit - Season 1 Episode 5

Chess

Mr. Shaibel: "Those things are called openings."
Beth: "Is that one of 'em?"
Mr. Shaibel: "Yeah... the Queen's Gambit."

Mr. Shaibel in The Queen's Gambit - Season 1 Episode 1

Chess

Ivana: "Do you know how we keep warm in Russia?"
Austin: "I can guess, baby."
Ivana: "We play chess."
Austin: "I guessed wrong."

Austin Powers in Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me

Russia Chess

I might have been born in Liverpool - but I grew up in Hamburg.

John Lennon

Hamburg Liverpool

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

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