Gregor Piatigorsky Quotes

• Those who know the marvels of chess and wonder why this game of all games does not enjoy greater popularity may also ask why Pepsi-Cola is consumed by more people than Chateau Lafite, or the Beatles are more familiar than Beethoven.

  Gregor Piatigorsky

  Games, People, Pepsi

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• A male scorpion is stabbed to death after mating. In chess, the powerful queen often does the same to the king without giving him the satisfaction of a lover.

  Gregor Piatigorsky

  Kings, Queens, Powerful

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