Chess Quote by Michelle Zauner

My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs.

— Eric Allin Cornell

I used to compete in chess tournaments when I was six years old.

— Joe Manganiello

When I was about six, I saw my elder siblings play chess and pestered my mother into teaching me. Very soon, I was beating…

— Viswanathan Anand

I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

— Chris Hardwick

I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and…

— Garry Kasparov

I started chess around the age of seven. I was inspired by the game, but soon legends like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand and many…

— Anish Giri

I was in 30-plus clubs when I was 14 years old.

— T-Pain

Well, I think, in large part, when I first began playing chess at seven years old, I was quite bad at it. I lost…

— Hikaru Nakamura

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

— Judit Polgar

I started when I was eight years old, I was playing football at a club, before that it was a kick about with friends.

— Andreas Pereira

I played club football with a traveling team since I was 8 years old. I also played basketball and baseball, so I was competing…

— Jesse Palmer

When I was a kid in Dronten, I played my first games when I was five-years-old and within one season a bigger club approached…

— Hakim Ziyech