Classical World Chess

Famous quotes containing the words classical, world and/or chess:

    “Several classical sayings that one likes to repeat had quite a different meaning from the ones later times attributed to them.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.”
    —F.H. (Francis Herbert)

    “The trick, which requires the combined skills of a tightrope walker and a cordon bleu chef frying a plain egg, is to take your [preteen] daughter seriously without taking everything she says and does every minute seriously.”
    —Stella Chess (20th century)