Bottom Quote by Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

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

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

— Anatoly Karpov

Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown us the…

— Pope John Paul II

For me, chess is not a profession, it is a way of life, a passion. People may feel that I have conquered the peak…

— Viswanathan Anand

Chess is a good way to learn, to keep your brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your local gymnasium.…

— Peter Abelard

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

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 too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The passion for playing Chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world

— H. G. Wells