Make up your OWN Chess Quote!

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MrKornKid

A quote that gets tossed around where I work, especially to the apprentices; "first you get good, then you get fast"

Saint_Anne

I don't really lose any games until I run out of excuses.

JamieKowalski

After the pieces are returned to the box and are out of sight, the kings are secret friends.

zborg

Chess players have time on their hands, and ants in their pants.

HessianWarrior

"Chess is for those who like to piss themselves off."

kiwi-inactive
StrategicPlay wrote:

"One doesn't have to play well, it is enough to have a gun in the pocket."

coalescenet

He who is too weak for football plays chess

falcogrine

kiwi, there are multiple ways to win chess. Forcing your opponent to resign, as discussed in other infamous threads, is one way. StrategicPlay was referencing a way to make your opponent resign, I believe. Or he was talking about how to win on timeWink

TKACHS

Advice to Australian patzer who wants to immigrate to Eastern Europe: "You'll have to move to Czechoslovakia to get a Chzick, Mate!"

Ubik42
TKACHS wrote:

Advice to Australian patzer who wants to immigrate to Eastern Europe: "You'll have to move to Czechoslovakia to get a Chzick, Mate!"

Gynecologist : Have you ever had a checkup there?

Woman : No, but I have had a few Hungarians.

TKACHS

Then he moved to Italy to find an openhearted chick. But he fell into a trap that led to a Sicilian mate.

falcogrine

Was it a transposition from a Greek Gift?

Ubik42

My favorite jokes require some sort of physical gesture for the punchline.

Q: Why did the blond go to church?

A: She heard there was a guy there who was hung like THIS (Stand up and spread your arms out wide)

TKACHS

Later on he met a Carolinian princess. He was so surprised when he found out Caro-Kann, but not with him!

TKACHS
falcogrine wrote:

Was it a transposition from a Greek Gift?

He advanced on her every Knight, but they soon found out his Trojan had several flawed openings.

Fear_ItseIf

"chess, at least it's not checkers."

attack_10

Madness is like Gravity. Chess is Madness.

TKACHS

At most it's not Chess Records.....let's Rock 'n' Roll.

StrategicPlay
kiwi_overtherainbow wrote:
StrategicPlay wrote:

"One doesn't have to play well, it is enough to have a gun in the pocket."

falcogrine's right. It is a way to make your opponent resign. Laughing

StrategicPlay
kavanam wrote:

Only world championship qualifiers should be given GM title, otherwise it becomes cheap!

I don't get that. How does it qualify as a quote?