Chess Quotes

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In Gujarat, we had the world record of largest number of chess games in a single venue - 20,500 - and in Tamil Nadu, I… — Viswanathan Anand
I was very lucky that while I was a chess player in a country where chess was not a big deal, I happened to be… — Viswanathan Anand
I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to take… — Viswanathan Anand
My job is to play chess, the game that I love. I achieve what I can in chess. That is what I focus on. Basically,… — Viswanathan Anand
The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics - if… — Viswanathan Anand
I was reasonably interested in mathematics in school. Typically what happens is... when you start playing chess, it takes up a lot of your attention.… — Viswanathan Anand
Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful. — Garry Kasparov
I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started writing books. — Garry Kasparov
I was involved in a bunch of school activities - I was a cheerleader, I was on the chess team, I was vice president of… — Olivia Holt
When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I… — Michael Birch
As a journalist, I cannot help imagining with excitement a new era with a face-off between Hedi Slimane at YSL and Raf Simons at Dior… — Suzy Menkes
I went through a few phases of finding myself: I dabbled in musical theater, chess club, dance troupe, splatter-painting, school mascot (go Wildcats), babysitter, photojournalist,… — Debby Ryan
Some people see life as a game of chess, while others prefer to see it as a game of cricket; but the longer I live,… — Craig Brown
We lived in the provincial town of Ramat Gan where I spent most of my youth adjacent to the chess board. — Arnon Goldfinger
Drama is played at the pace of chess... or billiards... or poker. Engrossing? Sure. But comedy is played at the jubilant, high-octane speed of sports… — Mark Waters
Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit… — Larry Fitzgerald
Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences. — John Ortberg
Anti-submarine warfare is the military version of chess. You must work out what the enemy is going to do before they even think of it. — Sarah West
Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course, chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you… — Anatoly Karpov
I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything. — Anatoly Karpov

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