Chess Quote by William Hartston

Chess and theatre often lead to madness.

— Fernando Arrabal

The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.

— Garry Kasparov

Chess is a sad waste of brains.

— Walter Scott

Chess is a sport. A violent sport.

— Marcel Duchamp

[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.

— George Bernard Shaw

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

Chess is mental torture.

— Garry Kasparov

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people.

— Nigel Short

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.

— Anonymous

Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Chess is neither a science nor an art. It is what human nature most delights in--a fight.

— Emanuel Lasker