Chess Quote by Bobby Fischer

Chess is neither a science nor an art. It is what human nature most delights in--a fight.

— Emanuel Lasker

What is chess, do you think? Those who play for fun or not at all dismiss it as a game. The ones who devote…

— Ben Kingsley

A game of chess holds many secrets. Fortunately! That is why we cannot clearly state whether chess is science, art, or a sport.

— Garry Kasparov

“And let's remember that science isn't a game of chess, although chess may be played scientifically. The other thing to remember is that if…

— Ralph Ellison

One can say that in the last decades chess has become more of a sport than of a science. I see it from an…

— Judit Polgar

Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be…

— Emanuel Lasker

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

— Anatoly Karpov

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.

— Anonymous

Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved…

— Garry Kasparov

Chess is not a game, but a disease.

— Henry Campbell-Bannerman