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An old web page I used to manage ... Chess humor
WMA has its own "Newsletter"! This prolific author puts out his own
Do you have a really good "Weak Masterism", or candidate for WMA Quote?
Acting President:
Michael Fletcher (Perennial Weak Master)
An Article about Arthur Bisguier which, among other things,
discussed the concept of what a "Weak Grandmaster" was. Most of us of course would be more than happy with our chess skills even if we ever got good enough to be a "weak Grandmaster!" This oxymoron was used as a basis for this page.
Famous WMA quotes:
"We have no Grandmasters Weaker than Raymond Keene" - A Soviet Grandmaster
"How could I lose to this idiot?" - Nimzovich
"Masters? Masters are ****heads! - Anonymous Grandmaster at the 1974 Ft. Wayne Open
"I think I blunder more than other Grandmasters. Mostly I specialize in Rook Blunders, which I have done at least a dozen times!" - Pal Benko
"Blunders rarely travel alone" - Karpov
"It takes a strong player to realize how truly weak he is." - Tartakower
"It was worse than a mistake - it was a blunder." - DePeaza
"The Blunders are all there - waiting to be made." - Tartakower
"Mate ends the Game." - Fletcher
"Dubious - Therefore Playable" - Tartakower
"Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders." -Tartakower
"Rook endings are the most democratic endings of all, every player gets a chance to badly misplace his Rook." Anonymouus
"It makes no difference whether you win or lose, until you lose." Anonymous
"Chess has three phases: The first when one hopes one has an advantage;The second when one believes one has an advantage; And the third when one knows one is going to lose." Savielly Tartakower
Understatement of the year? "I'm not a weak player" then 21 year-old GM Peter Svidler then three time Champion of Russia
"Push the pawns, open the files, double the rooks, give the mate" Fletcher & Krewson 1979
"Problems - once solved - rarely stay that way." - Russell Ackoff (Not sure if Dr. Ackoff is a chessplayer, but hey I just liked that quote
On a serious note, some Weak Grandmaster news from the 2009 Queenstown Chess Classic in New Zealand.
Perhaps FIDE can recognize this title since "Elite Grandmaster" was rejected.
Big mistake from white! I ne'er fall for the scholar's or fool;s mate (because my opening move is always e4)
Big mistake from white! I ne'er fall for the scholar's or fool;s mate (because my opening move is always e4)
Haha. Maybe that is the real reason Bobby Fischer always played 1. e4.
Big mistake from white! I ne'er fall for the scholar's or fool;s mate (because my opening move is always e4)
Haha. Maybe that is the real reason Bobby Fischer always played 1. e4.
true! I always play1. e4! I never play d4. Sometimes in OTB I may surpirise my opponent with 1. Nf3
Kasparov's quotes about tourists and GMs-woodpushers should also be included, not to mention some of Korchnoi's greatest rants!
Karpov once said any GM under 2650 is "weak".