Ability Quote by Maurice Ashley

Chess can open up a kid's brain, and develop it in a playful creative way. They can learn playfully about creative, strategic, and logical…

— Judit Polgar

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 is a game that benefits people of all ages, especially kids, in any area of life, business, problem solving, and social skills. Chess…

— Dustin Diamond

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

Chess is a good way to learn, to keep your brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your local gymnasium.…

— Peter Abelard

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to…

— Garry Kasparov

It's important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally think too…

— Viswanathan Anand

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

Next to the intellectual stimulation of chess, the educational value is of great importance. Chess teaches logic, imagination, self-discipline, and determination.

— Garry Kasparov

Chess can help a child develop logical thinking, decision making, reasoning, and pattern recognition skills, which in turn can help math and verbal skills.

— Susan Polgar

The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself.…

— Daniel Naroditsky

Chess is an effective means to educate and train the human intellect.

— Che Guevara