Chess Quote by Albert Einstein

Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer.

— Albert Einstein

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

— Bobby Fischer

Chess is mental torture.

— Garry Kasparov

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.

— Anonymous

A form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest one…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

It is impossible to ignore a highly important factor of the chess struggle - psychology.

— Yuri Averbakh

Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your…

— Magnus Carlsen

A great chess-player is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.…

— William Hazlitt

The passion for playing Chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world

— H. G. Wells

Chess is a sad waste of brains.

— Walter Scott

Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself…

— Wilhelm Steinitz