Bridges Quote by Warren Buffett

Methodical thinking is of more use in Chess than inspiration

— Cecil Purdy

In chess there is a world of intellectual values.

— Gerald Abrahams

Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance.

— Richard Reti

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

— Garry Kasparov

Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.

— Hikaru Nakamura

Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.

— David Bronstein

If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a bad result.…

— Viswanathan Anand

The ultimate competitive advantage is being cognitive.

— Ginni Rometty

A form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest one…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Intellectual activity is perhaps the greatest pleasure of life; chess is one of the forms of intellectual activity.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be…

— Emanuel Lasker

The Advantage is that mathematics is a field in which one's blunders tend to show very clearly and can be corrected or erased with…

— Norbert Wiener