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title: "5 Mathematics Chess Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [My sister Susan, who was the first one, was pretty good in mathematics and then chess, and my father chose chess because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judit-polgar/my-sister-susan-who-was-the-first-one-was-pretty-good-in-mathematics/)

[Judit Polgar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judit-polgar/)

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> [“had explicitly been concerned to treat mathematics as if it were a chess game, without asking for a connection with the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-hodges/had-explicitly-been-concerned-to-treat-mathematics-as-if-it-were-a/)

[Andrew Hodges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-hodges/)

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> [There are three intellectual pursuits, and, so far as I am aware, only three, in which human beings have performed major feats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-steiner/there-are-three-intellectual-pursuits-and-so-far-as-i-am-aware-only/)

[George Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-steiner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e0/george-steiner-4683_age_there-are-three-intellectual-pursuits-an_1304482.png)

> [The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viswanathan-anand/the-broader-the-chess-player-you-are-the-easier-it-is-to-be/)

[Viswanathan Anand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viswanathan-anand/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/viswanathan-anand-9268_branches_the-broader-the-chess-player-you-are-the_1335866.png)

> [Chess is not Mathematics, where ten is always more than one; in chess the King with a pawn can beat opponent's King…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashot-nadanian/chess-is-not-mathematics-where-ten-is-always-more-than-one-in-chess/)

[Ashot Nadanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashot-nadanian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2a/ashot-nadanian-46210_beats_chess-is-not-mathematics-where-ten-is-al_2796330.jpg)

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