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Favorite Chess Quotes
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Jul 29, 2025
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#23
"In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before anything else."
- Jose Raul Capablanca
"Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless."
- Magnus Carlsen
"You must take your opponent into a deep, dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one."
- Mikhail Tal
"You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances." - Bobby fischer
"Rook ending a pawn up are generally drawn - but rook ending a pawn down are usually lost." J.J. Walsh
Jul 29, 2025
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#27
"never resign" - GothamChess but probably a lot of people before him
Jul 29, 2025
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#28
"Damn it!" - Garry Kasparov. Just reminds me of how bad some of my games go due to silly mistakes
Jul 29, 2025
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#30
"THEY SACKED THE ROOOOK" GothamChess
Makes me smile every time. Also, I now may have an unhealthy habit of looking for ways to kill off my rooks, but hey....good with the bad right? 
Jul 29, 2025
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#31
...after the moves 1) e4 e6 2) d4 d5, I captured on d5. I was terribly ashamed, and from the time I swore: to play for a draw, at any rate with White, is to some degree a crime against chess. (The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal, p.28)
Jul 30, 2025
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#32
"The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life." - Paul Morphy.
Jul 30, 2025
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#34
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"The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life." - Paul Morphy.
The second part is indeed true
i am king
Jul 30, 2025
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#36
"pressure is like medicine. take it to get better" Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Jul 30, 2025
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#37
“If you wish to succeed, you must first brave the risk of failure.” -Garry Kasparov
"*bangs table* Oh my gawd!"
-magnus
Jul 31, 2025
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#39
''I only see one move ahead, but it's always the best one''.
I don't know if it was Capablanca, or somebody else who said it, but it's a great quote. People often talk about GMs or world champions calculating 10-20 moves ahead, when in reality even 1 move ahead is extremely difficult. One would be better than Magnus Carlsen, if they would find the best move 100% of the time.
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''I only see one move ahead, but it's always the best one''.
I don't know if it was Capablanca, or somebody else who said it, but it's a great quote. People often talk about GMs or world champions calculating 10-20 moves ahead, when in reality even 1 move ahead is extremely difficult. One would be better than Magnus Carlsen, if they would find the best move 100% of the time.
I've heard that quote, I think it was from Richard Réti
"Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at something."
~ Magnus Carlsen