In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Chess is life.
Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.
Chess is intellectual gymnastics.
Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.
Among a great many other things that chess teaches you is to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good. It trains you to think before grabbing and to think just as objectively when you're in trouble.
I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.
If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a bad result. In chess, too, players specialise. This specialty then becomes an entry barrier.
Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.