by John Bain | Jun 15, 2026 | Blog, Chess Quotes for Life
“For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable.” –Assiac aka Heinrich Fraenkel Heinrich Fraenkel – Chess Author and Writer Fraenkel was born to Jewish parents on September 28, 1897 in Lissa, Poland—then Province of... Read more 
by John Bain | Mar 4, 2026 | Blog, Chess Quotes for Life
“I believe that chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard.” -Vlastimil Hort RIP –... Read more 
by John Bain | Nov 18, 2025 | Blog, Chess Quotes for Life
“Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.” -Wilhelm Steinitz, the first undisputed World Chess Champion from 1886 to 1894. Wilhelm Steinitz was an Austrian and later American... Read more 
