After school Quote by Magnus Carlsen

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

I was very competitive growing up. I can't even play chess anymore because I used to play tournament chess in school. There's too much…

— Chris Hardwick

I was lucky enough to attend schools where they were understanding about when I needed to go abroad to play chess. Of course, socially…

— Magnus Carlsen

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

— Boris Spassky

Kids love games and chess is a game where you have to sit down and concentrate and it just helps in every way.

— Magnus Carlsen

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

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

Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful tool at…

— Nigel Short

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

— Judit Polgar

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.

— 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

For me, chess is not a profession, it is a way of life, a passion. People may feel that I have conquered the peak…

— Viswanathan Anand