Age Quote by Magnus Carlsen

In my experience, when I went to school, and especially in after-school, and during breaks, a lot of people wanted to sit down and…

— Magnus Carlsen

I would never suggest to anyone that they drop school for chess. First of all even if you can make it in chess, your…

— Viswanathan Anand

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

— Judit Polgar

If you are serious about being a professional chess player, do know what your parents think and what their expectations are from you.

— Anish Giri

I started going to chess clubs when I was in fourth grade. From fourth grade to seventh grade, I was in chess club.

— Michelle Zauner

The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.

— Boris Spassky

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

I learned to play chess at a young age, and I think that's where learning to plan things out and put things in position,…

— Jaylen Brown

I do hope in Ireland children in schools can experience the richness of chess and it's positive effects.

— Judit Polgar

Because I have a passion for the play. My father was a chess teacher, and I learned the play of him as a small…

— Carmen Kass

... 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