Art Quote by Samuel Reshevsky

I have frequently stated that I regard chess as an art form, where creativity prevails over other factors.

— Vasily Smyslov

Chess is one of the few arts where composition takes place simultaneously with performance

— Garry Kasparov

It has always been recognized that chess is an art, and its best practitioners have been described as artists.

— Alexander Kotov

When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

Chess is more than a game or a mental training. It is a distinct attainment. I have always regarded the playing of chess and…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.

— Marcel Duchamp

Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game:…

— Michael Stean

“The art of chess is akin to the art of war itself; full of strategy and cunning, yet clever placements.”

— Jennifer Megan Varnadore

While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.

— Marcel Duchamp

Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved…

— Garry Kasparov

I do not play chess – I fight at chess. Therefore, I willingly combine the tactical with the strategic, the fantastic with the scientific,…

— Alexander Alekhine