Attention Quote by Boris Gelfand

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that the people who really enjoy chess are the dubs and the duffers, experts who have resigned their…

— Alfred Kreymborg

Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to…

— Boris Spassky

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

— Magnus Carlsen

The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself.…

— Daniel Naroditsky

Real chessplayers think about chess more or less 24 hours a day. It is a passion and a fate that one has to live…

— Simen Agdestein

I think chess players are not always what you think them to be. Or maybe it's our job to appear serious.

— Anish Giri

And maybe some people do it too much, are too selfish and concentrated on chess. But I think that in all professions you can…

— Judit Polgar

Chess is a great game. No matter how good one is, there is always somebody better. No matter how bad one is, there is…

— Israel Albert Horowitz

Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never…

— Benjamin Franklin

Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.

— Anne Bronte

You playing chess well is just a reflection of your inner thought process and your ability to maintain discipline throughout. If we can teach…

— Maurice Ashley

Chess is a good way to learn, to keep your brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your local gymnasium.…

— Peter Abelard