I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects…

I've never been one of those actors who plays chess with his career and goes, 'I'm going to wait now and see what project…

— Mark Strong

Chess reflects the real world in miniature. Endeavor, struggle, success, and defeat - they are part of each game ever played.

— Bruce Pandolfini

Neymar is a player who controls his emotions and the pressure well, and demonstrates it on the pitch. He's a player with personality. He…

— Marquinhos

I always say golf's a really good exposer of a player's personality.

— Stuart Appleby

“When God plays chess, you will notice that he never has to move a single piece...in order to win.”

— Lionel Suggs

The way he plays Chess demonstrates a man's whole nature

— Stanley Ellin

“When you consider that only an estimated 15 percent of the US population plays chess, its cultural prominence is extraordinary. It”

— Garry Kasparov

“The sunlight, penetrating the gaps in the tall trees, plays chess on the gravestones, shifting slowly and thoughtfully across the worn old stones. The…

— Ruskin Bond

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

In the current FIDE World Championship, on the knock-out system, weaker players have good chances. Those, who in a long match would practically have…

— Vladimir Kramnik

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental…

— Vladimir Kramnik

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

— Vladimir Kramnik

Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless for which…

— Maria Montessori

I would say, you have a unique chance of learning more about the game of chess with your computer than Bobby Fischer, or even…

— Garry Kasparov

Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.…

— Ram Dass