What is your favorite chess quote of all time?

What is your favorite chess qoute of all time?

I don't remember who it was that said this, but one of the old masters in an interview was asked "How many moves do you think ahead?" His answer was "Only one-----but it's always the right one?"

"Which do I prefer?  Sex or Chess?  It depends on the position."

-Boris Spassky

"Mistakes are all there, waiting to be made" - I forgot the source.

"He left it en prise and I took it en passant."
 – Joseph Henry Blackburne (after drinking his opponent’s glass of whiskey during a simul)

Reminds me of an Alekhine qoute when asked how far he can calculate. Hi answer? " One more move than my opponent"!

Any opening named after an animal is bad!" - Roman Dzindzichashvili.

Wilkes1949 wrote:

I don't remember who it was that said this, but one of the old masters in an interview was asked "How many moves do you think ahead?" His answer was "Only one-----but it's always the right one?"

I think that was Capablanca when asked how many moves ahead he thought during a game.

The film or the city??

the city???

Here is my favorite chess quote of all time. It was from my wife.

"Hon, put down those silly chess pieces and lets retire to the bedroom!!"

Will try and track down who said it..."your not following my plan!"

lol

''I don't believe in psychology, I believe in good moves'' - Bobby Fischer

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.

Michail Nechemjewitsch Tal

Now we appreciate that what affords us so much enjoyment in chess is really the same thing for all of us, be it the layman who sees nothing finer in chess than the sacrificial combination or be it the expert who marvels at the far-reaching scheme of the game. It is the triumph of the intellect and genius over lack of imagination; the triumph of personality over materialism - Richard Reti - Modern Ideas in chess, page 69

Following on Mersaphe, here's a Spassky-Fischer twofer. Spassky is speaking.

I needed work. I was invited to work on the Karpov – Korchnoi match in 1975 as a commentator. I asked Robert for advice. His reply was as follows: “Boris, whatever those people offer you, no matter what dirty money they promise you, never have anything to do with them. You’re an honourable man.” I listened to Fischer and turned them down.

Wow, a great quote that I've never heard before and an interesting back story.

"Chess is a substitute for life itself." - David Spanier

I remind myself of this quote whenever I find myself spending too much time playing/studying chess.