Paul Morphy

Let the chessboard supercede the card table, and a great improvement will be visible in the morals of the community.

It [chess] is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game.

It [chess] is not only the most delightful and scientific, but the most moral of amusements.

Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations.

I am more strongly confirmed than ever in the belief that the time devoted to chess is literally frittered away. It is, to be sure, a most exhilarating sport, but it is only a sport; and it is not to be wondered at that such as have been …