"A Passed Pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes." - Capablanca

"Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine” - Spielmann

“I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.” – Marcel Duchamp

“Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.” – Ralph Charell

“It is my style to take my opponent and myself on to unknown grounds. A game of chess is not an examination of knowledge; it is a battle of nerves.” – David Bronstein

“Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine.” – Spielmann

“The Passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient.” – Nimzovich

“Openings teach you openings, endgames teach you chess!” – Stephan Gerzadowicz

“For in the idea of chess and the development of the chess mind we have a picture of the intellectual struggle of mankind.” – Richard Réti

“The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made.” – Savielly Tartakower

"You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport." - Garry Kasparov

“The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us” – Thomas Huxley

“Could we look into the head of a Chess player, we should see there a whole world of feelings, images, ideas, emotion and passion.” – Alfred Binet

“Every chess master was once a beginner” – Chernev

“Many have become Chess Masters, no one has become the Master of Chess” – Siegbert Tarrasch

“For in the idea of chess and the development of the chess mind we have a picture of the intellectual struggle of mankind.” – Richard Réti

“A chess game in progress is… a cosmos unto itself, fully insulated from an infant’s cry, an erotic invitation, or war.” – David Shenk

"After a bad opening, there is hope for the middle game. After a bad middle game, there is hope for the endgame. But once you are in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived.” – Edmar Mednis

“Chess makes men wiser and clear-sighted.” – Vladimir Putin

“Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events” – Benjamin Franklin

“It is my style to take my opponent and myself on to unknown grounds. A game of chess is not an examination of knowledge; it is a battle of nerves.” - David Bronstein

Casual Chess Club

meets weekly
for over-the-board
chess play:

Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday & Thursday from 4:00 PM: Jersey Mike's Subs
1772 S. Rainbow Bl., Las Vegas, NV 89146

Now also in Alamosa, Colorado!
Monday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
2025 Main St, Alamosa, CO 81101

Also visit Casual Chess Club – Las Vegas – Chess Club – Chess.com for online club events.

Casual Chess Club

meets weekly
for over-the-board
chess play:

Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday & Thursday from 4:00 PM: Jersey Mike's Subs
1772 S. Rainbow Bl., Las Vegas, NV 89146

Now also in Alamosa, Colorado!
Monday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
2025 Main St, Alamosa, CO 81101

Also visit Casual Chess Club – Las Vegas – Chess Club – Chess.com for online club events.

Casual Chess Club

meets weekly
for over-the-board
chess play:

Las Vegas, Nevada
Tuesday & Thursday from 4:00 PM: Jersey Mike's Subs
1772 S. Rainbow Bl., Las Vegas, NV 89146

Now also in Alamosa, Colorado!
Monday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
2025 Main St, Alamosa, CO 81101

Also visit Casual Chess Club – Las Vegas – Chess Club – Chess.com for online club events.