Chess Quote by Larry Evans

Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively…

— Stanley Kubrick

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

— Martin Dansky

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

I always think when it comes to something athletic or intellectual, like chess-matchwise, I can hold my own.

— Matt Mitrione

Among a great many other things that chess teaches you is to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks…

— Stanley Kubrick

That's usually the way I am - I don't care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.

— Derrick Lewis

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

Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your…

— Magnus Carlsen

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to…

— Garry Kasparov

Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of chess and…

— Garry Kasparov

You can't overestimate the importance of psychology in chess, and as much as some players try to downplay it, I believe that winning requires…

— Garry Kasparov

Playing chess has many aspects that can be useful in everyday situations like planning, concentration and combinations. You learn to win but also to…

— Judit Polgar