Father Quote by Judit Polgar

As a kid, chess was the first thing I studied in a structured way that helped me gain the discipline to study medicine and…

— Mark Spitz

Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa.

— Henri Poincare

Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.

— Garry Kasparov

For me, learning chess was natural; with my sisters around me, I wanted to play.

— Judit Polgar

When I was 18, science, physics, and math were my favorite. I was a bit of a nerd - the only girl with a…

— Bjork

My father and mother are exceptional pedagogues who can motivate and tell it from all different angles. Later, chess for me became a sport,…

— Judit Polgar

Mathematics is a field which has often been compared with chess, but differs from the latter in that it is only one's best moments…

— Norbert Wiener

The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics -…

— Viswanathan Anand

I have also known some of the world's finest brains and some of these, though passionately fond of chess, have been pretty poor players.…

— Harry Golombek

I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

— Chris Hardwick

Chess, like mathematics and music, is a nursery for child prodigies.

— Jamie Murphy

I don't know if people know this but I am pretty good at chess. I was always on the chess team at school when…

— Justin Bieber