Aesthetic Quote by Vasily Smyslov

My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently.

— Anatoly Karpov

My study of chess was accompanied by a strong attraction to music, and it was probably thanks to this that from childhood I became…

— Vasily Smyslov

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

— Judit Polgar

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

My coach and my parents both had this relationship to what I was doing, which was allowing me to express myself with chess. And…

— Joshua Waitzkin

Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.

— Garry Kasparov

As a kid, chess was the first thing I studied in a structured way that helped me gain the discipline to study medicine and…

— Mark Spitz

... My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory ...

— Alexander Kotov

Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do…

— Viswanathan Anand

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

— Garry Kasparov

I found it stimulating to study the sciences. It was a side of understanding the universe that I hadn't been exposed to.

— Jane Siberry

There's just a lot of really great life lessons that you can take out of chess... I think that's one of my favorite parts…

— Aaron Gordon