It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply.

When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn

The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces.

The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board.

The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us.

A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.

After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes

The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the end of a game she is hardly so valuable as two Rooks.

The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner.

After black's reply to 1.e4 with 1..e5, leaves him always trying to get into the game

When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured.

First ambitions are best. We are less brave later.

If we want to reach the people that no one else is reaching, we've got to do things that no one else is doing.

I want to look at myself in the mirror at the end of my life and say I've done my share and I'm proud of what I've done.

The rights of the people who have done terrible things are hard to defend. You have to keep pointing out, the question is the process to determine whether they've done the terrible things.

It was good, it was bad. But it was real, and that's all you have.

The thing that's wrong with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur

I always wanted to find oil. It was always an irresistible calling.

We spend millions of dollars to remove pain from our lives. It's why so many people get hooked on painkillers. The body becomes addicted to painlessness. That tells you a lot.

Any good relationship that I've had with an actor has always been so emotional and personal. If you don't have that then you're just lying.

Life is really very fantastic, and one has to have a peculiar sense of humour to see the fun of it. [Virtue]