Books Quote by Clive Thompson

I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.

— Magnus Carlsen

“We are men who find chess fascinating. Did you expect our lives to be secretly interesting?”

— Noah Boyd

I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting.

— Boris Spassky

Have you ever seen a chess article without a brilliant example of the author's own play? 'Silly question,' you will say. Quite.

— Yuri Razuvaev

“Playing chess or Go or Tigris and Euphrates—a very good game, by the way—I can watch people as they choose their strategy and note…

— Jeffery Deaver

“To many people chess is an extreme sport. It requires a lot of thinking.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

The very idea of how chess players manipulate their game excites me.

— Kay Kay Menon

Having good strategies in playing chess is often a good indication of being focused in life.

— Martin Dansky

“The art of chess is akin to the art of war itself; full of strategy and cunning, yet clever placements.”

— Jennifer Megan Varnadore

The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us.

— Howard Staunton

“In life, as in chess, it is always better to analyze one's motives and intentions.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“I’ve always found chess to be a bit too much like real life to provide much enjoyment as a game.”

— Catherynne M. Valente