Book Quote by Jose Raul Capablanca

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

— Vladimir Putin

Chess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization.

— Samuel Reshevsky

By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate…

— Anatoly Karpov

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

— Benjamin Franklin

By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being…

— Benjamin Franklin

We are sensitized by the books we read. And the more books we read, and the deeper their lessons sink into us, the more…

— Alain de Botton

Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized...

— Emanuel Lasker

Chess is an effective means to educate and train the human intellect.

— Che Guevara

Chess is a good way to learn, to keep your brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your local gymnasium.…

— Peter Abelard

The way you have to think in chess is good for everyday thinking, really, especially for brothers in the urban community who never take…

— Rza

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.

— Alexander Alekhine

Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved…

— Garry Kasparov