"A man who would take back a move in chess would pick your pocket."
"Passed pawns must be pushed"
And my favorite
"Why must I lose to this idiot?"
Favorite Chess Quotes
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" let the wookie win."
Meeooooow! scratch scratch Diana
This isn't a chess quote. Not directly, anyway. It's just that I always think of it when I've mentally worked through a particularly lengthy combination that turns out to be a total bust.
"This isn't right. This isn't even wrong." (Physicist Wolfgang Pauli)
The motto of my chess team "When in doubt PUSH pawn!" and a quote from one of the players on the team "NO NO NO why did you do that? NO!, oh wait a second? CHECKMATE.! yes"
Nov 15, 2008
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"It is the fight that pleases us, not the victory". --- Blaise Pascal
"All openings are sound below master level". -- William Lombardy
"There are only two kinds of moves in the opening, moves which are wrong and moves which could be wrong". --- Tartakower
"Always deploy so that the right oblique can be readily established in case the objective plane remains open or becomes permanently located on the centre or on the King's wing, or that the crochet aligned may readily be established if the objective plane becomes permanently located otherwise than at the extremity of the strategic front". --- Franklin Young
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge". --- Stephen Hawking
kman627 wrote:
" let the wookie win."
Not what I was thinking, but a great quote never the less!
Lots of good quotes here - one that i,ve always enjoyed was by emo philips > a computer beat me at chess but was no match for me at kickboxing
Diana_L wrote:
“I like the moment when I break a man's ego”
(Bobby Fischer)
wow!
Nov 16, 2008
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#32
something like:
"e4...best by test" ~ Bobby Fischer.
"GO THE LOLLI ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!" ~ me
For all those that have read my comments before, yes I am obsessed with the lolli attack.
Nov 16, 2008
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#33
by the way... does anyone have any ideas in the forum The Fried Liver Attack and the Lolli Attack?
After divorcing his first wife, Spassky also said "We were like bishops of opposite colors".
Wookie Wins!
Contol the center n u'll control the game!
An ancient writer said that, if there were no flowers and moon and beautiful women, he would not want to be born into the world. I might add that, if there were no pen and ink and chess and wine, there was no purpose in being born a man.
Chang Chao
A quote from the Taliban:
Bush will never win the war against us because he lost his two towers. 
Nov 16, 2008
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#39
I believe it was Alexander Alekhine, who was asked (in French) by a reporter if he prefered 'Le Dames (queens/women)' on the board or on the bed ...
His immediate response -
"Depends on position."
I simply revealed my source.
Oh my. I have been disillusioned! lol