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

— Judit Polgar

I started going to chess clubs when I was in fourth grade. From fourth grade to seventh grade, I was in chess club.

— Michelle Zauner

I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and…

— Garry Kasparov

I used to compete in chess tournaments when I was six years old.

— Joe Manganiello

My life story is very special. I was raised with a special family as both my parents are teachers. They decided before I was…

— Judit Polgar

In high school, my sister went out with the captain of the chess team. My parents loved him... They figured that any guy that…

— Brian Kiley

My five-year-old, before the quarantine, joined a chess class in our neighborhood in Brooklyn, and my husband was learning to play so that they…

— Marielle Heller

It was natural for me to go to local tournaments with my mother and watch my brothers compete and sometimes be left with my…

— Diana Lopez

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

I was very competitive growing up. I can't even play chess anymore because I used to play tournament chess in school. There's too much…

— Chris Hardwick

I grew up with a father who taught me chess at the age of 6 or 7. He'd always beat me. Of course. I…

— Stephanie Corneliussen

My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.

— Natalie Gulbis