"When Spassky sacs a piece, it's time to resign" -- Miguel Najdorf
What is your favorite chess quote of all time?
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"In chess, the little one can become the big one." - Queen of Katwe movie
Oct 22, 2016
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#106
"I failed to make the chess team in high school because of my height." Woody Allen
Chess is a measure of our own logic, but speaks not at all to our spirit.
In the game of chess, you can never let your adversary see your pieces.
- Zapp Brannigan
The king stay the king.
-DeAngelo Barksdale
jedlyish wrote:
I like the story of Capablance sitting outside the Cafe Regence in Paris, board set up, waiting for anybody who wanted to to play. A chap strolled past and suggested a game against the world champion who accepted and offered the chair opposite. Before they began to play Capablanca took his queen off the board. His opponent, not knowing who he was against, protested strongly at the perceived arrogance of the great man. He said, "Sir, how dare you remove your queen, you don't know me, I could beat you!" To which our hero replied, "Sir, if you could beat me I would know you."
Must be apocryphal. I've read that attributed to Alekhine on a cruise ship.
Oct 23, 2016
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#111
I dedicate this quote to all players who like to talk smack in public games at the park or library wherever: "Move in silence, only speak when it is time to say Checkmate". I saw the quote on pininterest and am not sure who quoted it.
My favorite chess quote is "I resign" but only when my opponent says it.
"From now on this is plain butchery" → Alekhine' game annotation
"Chess and life are both a constant struggle" → Emmanuel Lasker
"When playing whites I win because of the first move advantage, when playing blacks I win because I am Bogoljubov" → Efim Bogoljubov
Chess cheating around 1980:
"That guy is a cheater, he used to hide the chess openings book in the toilet flushing system of the tourney room and he used to go there often during the openings but once the book took a lot of water and his cheating secret was uncovered when he went there to get the book back" → A chess amateur telling me about another one...
Those who can, do; those who can't, play chess.
Here are some of my favorites:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/quotchess-is-1-inspiration-and-99-tacticsquot
Oct 27, 2016
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#119
"To become a strong chessplayer before touching the piece and moving it, always ask the MAGIC QUESTION: 'What could go WRONG??!'"
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"Uh, no, your king is trapped. He can't go here because of my lighthouse, and he can't go here because of my pointy-head guy." (Penny - TBBT)