Average Quote by Viswanathan Anand

Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what that makes it different from a physical sport. Chess players…

— Viswanathan Anand

Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances…

— Susan Polgar

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 is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so…

— Anatoly Karpov

On the whole, the life of a chess professional is not as easy as it appears at first sight. One needs to devote some…

— Vladimir Kramnik

“For chess grand masters, the process of thinking during a match can "cost" up to 7000 calories a day”

— Beau Lotto

Chess is like a delicious drug which offers such heavenly delights that they can never tear themselves away from it completely.

— Reuben Fine

Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself…

— Wilhelm Steinitz

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

— Jose Raul Capablanca

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

— Max Euwe

The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world. It slaps the theory of natural selection in the face.…

— H. G. Wells

Playing chess has many aspects that can be useful in everyday situations like planning, concentration and combinations. You learn to win but also to…

— Judit Polgar