Books Quote by Garry Kasparov

I was a professional chess player in Romania, but only a small-time master. When I came to France, I continued playing chess for many…

— Dumitru Tepeneag

Chess is my profession. I am my own boss; I am free. I like literature and music, classical especially. I am in fact quite…

— Bent Larsen

You bring to chess facets of your personality and what you are. I have interests other than chess, like music and world and current…

— Viswanathan Anand

I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people…

— Garry Kasparov

I don't like politics especially in chess. All I want is promote chess 24/7.

— Susan Polgar

I am not a chess historian - I myself am a piece of chess history, which no one can avoid. I will not write…

— Wilhelm Steinitz

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

— Alexander Alekhine

My life is split in three parts; I don't know the percentage. One could be called "chess" - the Kasparov Chess Foundation, promoting the…

— Garry Kasparov

My mother is Russian and father Nepalese, so we always had a chess board at home. Chess is part of the culture in both…

— Anish Giri

Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.

— Magnus Carlsen

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.

— Anatoly Karpov

Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly, I'm interested in doing real sports.

— John Skipper