Chess Association Talk

Famous quotes containing the words chess, association and/or talk:

“Of all my Russian books, The Defense contains and diffuses the greatest “warmth”Mwhich may seem odd seeing how supremely abstract chess is supposed to be.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“... a Christian has neither more nor less rights in our association than an atheist. When our platform becomes too narrow for people of all creeds and of no creeds, I myself cannot stand upon it.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)

“Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.”
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965)