Chess Quote by Rachel Reeves

My younger brother ended up the British chess champion 10 times, a record.

— Roger Penrose

I grew up with a father who taught me chess at the age of 6 or 7. He'd always beat me. Of course. I…

— Stephanie Corneliussen

My dad never let me win. I didn't beat him at golf until I was 13. I didn't beat him at basketball until I…

— Gary Woodland

I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son

— John Turturro

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

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

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

— Joe Manganiello

There was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

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 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 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 world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.

— Anatoly Karpov