To play a match for the World Championship is the…

Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.

— David Bronstein

There is not a single true chess-player in the world whose heart does not beat faster at the mere sound of such long beloved…

— David Bronstein

Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big…

— Vladimir Kramnik

Analysis, if it is really carried out with a complete concentration of his powers, forms and completes a chess player.

— Lev Polugaevsky

A Soviet diplomat, like a skilled chess player, does not expect his opposite number to give up something for nothing, not even a pawn.

— Arthur Dean

Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa.

— Henri Poincare

As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.

— Levon Aronian

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player

— Siegbert Tarrasch

A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player

— Bobby Fischer

Analysis is a glittering opportunity for training: it is just here that capacity for work, perseverence and stamina are cultivated, and these qualities are,…

— Lev Polugaevsky

The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.

— Boris Spassky

It's turns out to be much easier to simulate a grandmaster chess player than it is to simulate a 2-year-old.

— Alison Gopnik

One thing with Garry, and I think it is due in a large part to his Soviet training, he'll never quite understand that you…

— Hikaru Nakamura

The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could never free his…

— Albert Einstein

I spend around one hour per day on physical exercise. Exercise is a must for every chess player. As the proverb says, 'A sound…

— Humpy Koneru