Oh, I read mediocrity heh.
Chess is a meritocracy
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Estragon wrote:
Christina_Salvo wrote:
The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.
Absolutely agreed.
And what more beautiful thought than the insightful, "I think I'll have another beer!"?
A winning move if I've ever seen one.
Christina_Salvo wrote:
The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.
To paraphrase Fischer:
I don't believe in deep thoughts. I believe in good moves.
sapientdust wrote:
Christina_Salvo wrote:
The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.
To paraphrase Fischer:
I don't believe in deep thoughts. I believe in good moves.
Great quote. I'd almost like to quote your paraphrase, however, it would be more compelling if I were actually to quote Fischer. Do you happen to have the original quote handy?
Ficher's quote was:
"I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves."
Here's a very succinct video of him saying exactly that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcN6QUe5Skw
Having said that, I almost like your spin on it better :-)
The ever quotable spin-plagiarist, sapientdust
What's a meritocracy?
VULPES_VULPES wrote:
What's a meritocracy?
You have to break it down to its Latin derivatives:
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A • meri • tocracy
"A meri" - meaning "America" and "tocracy", meaning "plutocracy"
Meritocracy means "American Plutocracy"
The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.