Chess Quote by Bryan Q. Miller

During the course of many years I have observed that a great number of doctors, lawyers, and important businessmen make a habit of visiting…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

Tournament chess is not relaxing. It's stressful, even if you win.

— Jennifer Shahade

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.

— Anonymous

A chess tournament disguised as a circus.

— John Connally

I go to bed at 4 a. m. Almost all chessplayers do.

— Vladimir Kramnik

I picked it up just for relaxation. I can sit down and get into the game and escape that it's a big game tomorrow,…

— Larry Johnson

Chess is only a recreation and not an occupation.

— Vladimir Lenin

I've always just shown up and tried to figure out what's for lunch and am I going to get to play some racquetball that…

— Robert Downey, Jr

In my experience, when I went to school, and especially in after-school, and during breaks, a lot of people wanted to sit down and…

— Magnus Carlsen

To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.

— George Herbert

Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.

— Anatoly Karpov

I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to…

— Viswanathan Anand