Becoming successful Quote by Mark Spitz

Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.

— Garry Kasparov

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.

— Anonymous

My sister Susan, who was the first one, was pretty good in mathematics and then chess, and my father chose chess because it was…

— Judit Polgar

My study of chess was accompanied by a strong attraction to music, and it was probably thanks to this that from childhood I became…

— Vasily Smyslov

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

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

— Judit Polgar

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

— Anatoly Karpov

Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved…

— Garry Kasparov

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

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

— Jamie Murphy

I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like…

— Bobby Fischer

Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances…

— Susan Polgar