Favorite Chess Quotes

"The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentle man but being good at it is a sign of a wasted life"-paul morphy

I agree, saying the exact words , its "positional understanding" what you are talking about and it is important at every level to be at that level.

"And he sacrifices THE ROOK"

GM Levy Rozman

"Chess is not for timid souls" - Wilhelm Steinitz

"Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician and the endgame like a machine"

- Rudolf Spielmann

'Every grandmaster was once a beginner'

~ @avyavnamdev?

“In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before anything else; for whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middlegame and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame” -Capablanca
Translation:
If you don't know how to win a winning position, or save a draw from a bad one, you're toast, even if you play a beautiful opening and tactical middlegame.

"Nobody ever won a game by resigning." - Tartakower

I think it came from fischer?

'2+2=5'

-Mikal Tal

chess is 99 percent tactics,

hooooo,he saced the queen

Fischer was a decent calculator and had shown instances of deep calculations in many games

“When you see a Mate in 1 ,look for a better move”

who said that

no one except him

Gotham said that ig

"It is an understanding of positional play that restrains the master from embarking on premature, foolish attacks and that checks the natural impulse to hunt for combinations at every turn....And it is positional play that assures him that definite winning opportunities will then disclose themselves, and decisive combinations will appear on the board. The master does not search for combinations. He creates the conditions that make it possible for them to appear!"
-Irving Chernev

"Sit at the chessboard and play with yourself. It's amazing."

-Magnus Carlsen

"Hello I am Magnus Carlsen" -Magnus Carlsen