Answers.Body: <p>I don't think anybody has made such a claim. "Chess is <em>an</em> art" is another matter.</p>
  
  <p>Vaclav Havel (former Czech prime minister) is supposed to have said that when he visited the Carlsbad tournament.</p>
  
  <p>Karpov is supposed to have said "Chess is everything - art, science, and sport."</p>
  
  <p>If anyone should know it would be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp" rel="nofollow">Marcel Duchamp</a> the artist who gave up art for chess. Although since he put forward a urinal as a work of art I would hope that he would put chess on a more elevated plane.</p>
  
  <p>Perhaps the most quoted saying about the nature of chess is <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Siegbert_Tarrasch" rel="nofollow">Tarrasch's</a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>which does it for me.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Apparently this is a quote attributed to Alexander Alekhine:
  "To me, chess is not a game; it is art."
  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/chess-art-under-alekhines_b_3195822.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/chess-art-under-alekhines_b_3195822.html</a></p>
  
  <p>This is probably a translation from Russian (or maybe French?), so there also exists Brian Towers preferred version: 
  "Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents. – Alexander Alekhine."</p>
  
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Body: <p>Who was the very first one to ever use the quote "Chess is art"? Like who was the first one?</p>
  
Tags: <history><psychology><quotations>
Title: "Chess is art" who was the first one to use this quote?
ThreadText: # "Chess is art" who was the first one to use this quote?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-02-08)
  
  Who was the very first one to ever use the quote "Chess is art"? Like who was the first one?
  
  **Tags:** history, psychology, quotations
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-02-08. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  I don't think anybody has made such a claim. "Chess is *an* art" is another matter.
  
  Vaclav Havel (former Czech prime minister) is supposed to have said that when he visited the Carlsbad tournament.
  
  Karpov is supposed to have said "Chess is everything - art, science, and sport."
  
  If anyone should know it would be [Marcel Duchamp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp) the artist who gave up art for chess. Although since he put forward a urinal as a work of art I would hope that he would put chess on a more elevated plane.
  
  Perhaps the most quoted saying about the nature of chess is [Tarrasch's](http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Siegbert_Tarrasch)
  
  > Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy
  
  which does it for me.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-02-09. Score: 3
  
  Apparently this is a quote attributed to Alexander Alekhine:
  "To me, chess is not a game; it is art."
  <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/chess-art-under-alekhines_b_3195822.html>
  
  This is probably a translation from Russian (or maybe French?), so there also exists username_1 username_1 preferred version:
  "Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents. – Alexander Alekhine."
  
  
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