Chess Pieces

Famous quotes containing the words chess and/or pieces:

    “But compared with the task of selecting a piece of French pastry held by an impatient waiter a move in chess is like reaching for a salary check in its demand on the contemplative faculties.”
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)

    “Pieces of eight! pieces of eight! pieces of eight!”
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)