“Chess is a great game. It's a lot of fun, but sometimes you wonder wha...” — Hikaru Nakamura Quote

Chess is a great game. It's a lot of fun, but sometimes you wonder what else is out there.

It's very encouraging that the game of chess is growing in the U.S. and is becoming more popular.

The image that everyone has of a chess player is not necessarily positive. I think it's partly due to Bobby Fischer - his rise to fame and then his descent into madness. That left a lot of people with negative stereotypes, of nerds who aren't interesting.

When you watch chess, you don't see the four hours that the player spends preparing for a match ahead of time.

I will say there have been occasional times - not when I'm playing, but when I'm studying - that I have found a little bit of alcohol has been good for the creative process.

Being professional means 100% is not enough. Number one, two and three in my life was chess. The reality for women is, when a child comes into the picture, priorities change.

The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.

Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.

When you watch chess, you don't see the four hours that the player spends preparing for a match ahead of time.