Chess slogans and sayings

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Avatar of JustADude80

Got a favorite chess slogan or phrase that you like?

Let's hear it. How about:

A knight on the rim is dim. Similar to "A knight on the wall will fall".

Others?? Undecided

Avatar of mkkuhner

"With a knight on f8 it can never be mate."--Bent Larsen.  (Unfortunately last tournament I learned the magic doesn't work with a knight on f1.)

The other thing I often think of during games is Tal's "What a difficult task it was/ To remove from the marsh the hippopotamus."  In context it means "Sometimes you can't calculate it all, just go ahead and sack."

Avatar of JustADude80

Here is another one - or another pair of simiar ones:

Pile on the pin. Similar to "Pin it to win it". Smile

Avatar of CedrHask

Somebody else would resign it!

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There is no mate like stalemate. ( My own invention ) Stalemates are so hard to come by that they should be regarded as minor miracles and not something to be disdained.