But it's also because of something personal. My mother and…

My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might…

— Dorothy Dunnett

“The strange fact that out of millions of people in the world, your mother and father met and decided to get married to each…

— A.J. Jacobs

My mother and father met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was a senior and she was a junior, and their marriage…

— Michael Douglas

You know how my mother and father met? In a train robbery!

— Tzipi Livni

“How can I say I'm like my father when we have never met? Not to mention he have never been there for me.”

— Wilfred Bostwick

“Finding the Father My friend, this body offers to carry us for nothing– as the ocean carries logs. So on some days the body…

— Robert Bly

“And your father?” “You already met him. You must have impressed him considerably. He said if I bungled this, he was going to demote…

— K.M. Shea

I had no relationship with my father. He was never around. I met him when I was a sophomore in college. I wanted to…

— Ben Wallace

I didn't know my father very well; I only met him a few times.

— Jordan Peele

My mother and father met through climbing and it was totally natural that I would become a climber too.

— Adam Ondra

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

— Benjamin Franklin

True love is like a man playing chess. Always afraid to loose his QUEEN.

— Anonymous

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

— Siegbert Tarrasch

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.

— Magnus Carlsen

Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.

— Alexander Alekhine