Adversity Quote by Yuri Averbakh

Psychology is the most important factor in chess.

— Alexander Alekhine

It is impossible to win gracefully at chess.

— A. A. Milne

Few things are as psychologically brutal as chess.

— Garry Kasparov

You can't overestimate the importance of psychology in chess, and as much as some players try to downplay it, I believe that winning requires…

— Garry Kasparov

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

— H. G. Wells

The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could never free his…

— Albert Einstein

Chess is mental torture.

— Garry Kasparov

Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer.

— Albert Einstein

Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself…

— Wilhelm Steinitz

Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the…

— Viktor Korchnoi

Life is difficult to understand, such as chess, any move you make affect the whole life.

— Anonymous