For me, Chess is life and every game is like a new life…

Chess is life and every game is like a new life.

— Eduard Gufeld

Fischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, 'Chess is life.' I would say, 'Pi is life.'

— Daniel Tammet

Chess is life.

— Bobby Fischer

Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles

— Garry Kasparov

There's never before been a Chess player with such a thorough knowledge of the intricacies of the game and such an absolutely indomitable will…

— Lisa Lane

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

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.

— Anatoly Karpov

I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess,…

— Vladimir Kramnik

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

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

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 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

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