Chess Quote by Ronnie Screwvala

Chess is not relaxing; it's stressful even if you win.

— Jennifer Shahade

Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought…

— LeBron James

I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.

— Magnus Carlsen

Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your…

— Magnus Carlsen

When I play, I become entirely absorbed in the game. It may be a form of concentration.

— Anonymous

When you are accustomed to winning, when you are used to winning, then afterwards you tend not to have the same level of concentration.…

— Thiago Silva

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

— Bobby Fischer

Chess is a contributor to net human unhappiness, since the pleasure of victory is greatly exceeded by the pain of defeat.

— William Hartston

Sometimes, when I am not playing in a game, it leaves me feeling very tired when I play in the next one. It is…

— Alexis Sanchez

Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively…

— Stanley Kubrick

Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the…

— Viktor Korchnoi

Sometimes I can get lost in games.

— Brandon Ingram