Age Quote by Anish Giri

I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and…

— Garry Kasparov

Well, I think, in large part, when I first began playing chess at seven years old, I was quite bad at it. I lost…

— Hikaru Nakamura

I used to compete in chess tournaments when I was six years old.

— Joe Manganiello

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

I don't know if people know this but I am pretty good at chess. I was always on the chess team at school when…

— Justin Bieber

I started going to chess clubs when I was in fourth grade. From fourth grade to seventh grade, I was in chess club.

— Michelle Zauner

I was very competitive growing up. I can't even play chess anymore because I used to play tournament chess in school. There's too much…

— Chris Hardwick

Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.

— Garry Kasparov

I was highly attracted to chess for forty or forty-five years; then, little by little, my enthusiasm lessened.

— Marcel Duchamp

For me, learning chess was natural; with my sisters around me, I wanted to play.

— Judit Polgar

Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do…

— Viswanathan Anand

I don't consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I was 16…

— Magnus Carlsen