What is your favorite chess quote of all time?
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When the position is sharp someone will get cut.
Sep 24, 2019
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#202
"...ce niais et puerile jeu..."
Michel de Montaigne, Démocrite et Héraclite, Essais I, ch. 50, 1595.
"Chess is just a game, in the way that the heart is just a muscle." Jonathan Rowson "The Moves That Matter."
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Jan 14, 2020
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#207
“There are only two types of players. Those who control their nerves and win championships, and those who don’t.” - Harry Vardon
Jan 24, 2021
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#208
When answering questions from viewers:
"Bishop or Knight?"
"Depends if you're religious or not."
Garry Kasparov.
“All chess players are artists, but not all artists play chess.”
-Marcel Duchamp
-Marcel Duchamp
st0ckfish wrote:
"Chess is a fairytale of 1001 blunders"
1010 after a game I just played.
Jan 25, 2021
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#212
DonRajesh wrote:
st0ckfish wrote:
"Chess is a fairytale of 1001 blunders"
1010 after a game I just played.
You forgot to count in mine.
"I am Alekhine, chess champion of the world. This is my cat. Her name is Chess. I need no passport."
I just enjoy playing
It's not a quote it's my BEST one. Don't take this CHESS game seriously because it won't come with you to the grave.
Sure it can if you have a chess board and the pieces buried with you
" In chess, open like a child, defend like a turtle and strike like a lion" - Dadz Lanugon Jr
"nice engine"--me
[my opponent is cheating]
Aug 28, 2023
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#219
When a player at the Marshall Chess Club asked Capablanca "What would you do in a position like this?" Capa replied "I would never get into a position like that."
