Chess Quote by Magnus Carlsen

... far more people make a living as professional chess players today than ever before. Thanks partly to the availability of computer programs and…

— Kenneth Rogoff

You are never too old to play chess!

— Bobby Fischer

Well, I think, in large part, when I first began playing chess at seven years old, I was quite bad at it. I lost…

— Hikaru Nakamura

Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to…

— Boris Spassky

For young players, their minds are not overloaded. I am 54 with four kids and I do many other things. Even if I stopped…

— Garry Kasparov

I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess,…

— Vladimir Kramnik

Having spent 200 hours on the above, the young player, even if he possesses no special talent for chess, is likely to be among…

— Emanuel Lasker

Chess continues to advance over time, so the players of the future will inevitably surpass me in the quality of their play, assuming the…

— Garry Kasparov

Age is not really the biggest factor, whichever end of the scale you are at. It's how you perform, how you respond to the…

— Jordan Henderson

I started chess around the age of seven. I was inspired by the game, but soon legends like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand and many…

— Anish Giri

I address these hopes to all young players. It seems to me that they often begin too early the strict life of a professional,…

— Sergei Shipov

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