Bring me down Quote by Maurice Ashley

I think chess players are not always what you think them to be. Or maybe it's our job to appear serious.

— Anish Giri

Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.

— Boris Spassky

Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.

— Anne Bronte

I guess a certain amount of temperament is expected of Chess geniuses

— Ronald Gross

We perceive after a careful consideration of the evolution of the chess mind that such evolution has gone on, in general, in a way…

— Richard Reti

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

Few things are as psychologically brutal as chess.

— Garry Kasparov

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Have you ever seen a chess article without a brilliant example of the author's own play? 'Silly question,' you will say. Quite.

— Yuri Razuvaev

And maybe some people do it too much, are too selfish and concentrated on chess. But I think that in all professions you can…

— Judit Polgar

The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning it are…

— Israel Albert Horowitz

Top players are privileged in the chess world.

— Anish Giri