Playing Chess

Benjamin Franklin Inventor, Statesman, Author

"By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources"

H. G. Wells Writer

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

Douglass North Economist

"It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory."

Frank Herbert Science Fiction Writer

"Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival."