Allowing Quote by Garry Kasparov

Chess players are madmen of a certain quality, the way the artist is supposed to be, and isn't, in general.

— Marcel Duchamp

The way he plays Chess demonstrates a man's whole nature

— Stanley Ellin

A great chess-player is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.…

— William Hazlitt

Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists

— Marcel Duchamp

You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove that you are the better player.

— Marc Lowrance

It has always been recognized that chess is an art, and its best practitioners have been described as artists.

— Alexander Kotov

While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.

— Marcel Duchamp

The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.

— Boris Spassky

Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative.

— Christian Morgenstern

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

— Alexander Alekhine

No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess game a…

— Vasily Smyslov

Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and with the…

— Jose Raul Capablanca