Chess Quote by Viswanathan Anand

Chess is not only knowledge and logic

— Alexander Alekhine

In both games, you have to think fast. In chess you tend to know all the patterns already, just like in football.

— Edgar Davids

A game of chess is not an examination of knowledge; it is a battle of nerves.

— David Bronstein

Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized...

— Emanuel Lasker

Unless a player has an 'understanding chess' rating of at least 2400, the amount of significant knowledge that he can impart on others is limited.

— Edmar Mednis

The days when it was possible to win a serious game only by merit of sporting character or depth of chess understanding have vanished…

— Anatoly Karpov

A knowledge of combinations is the foundation of positional chess.

— Richard Reti

Chess masters don't evaluate all the possible moves. They know how to discard 98 percent of the ones they could make and then focus…

— John Dickerson

I think a player constantly improves his understanding of chess with experience.

— Yasser Seirawan

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

— Benjamin Franklin

In chess there is a world of intellectual values.

— Gerald Abrahams

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

— Wilhelm Steinitz