What is your favorite chess quote?

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IMKeto

"I'd wish you the best of luck but I believe luck is a concept created by the weak to explain their failures."

-Ron Swanson

oxideokay

To lose is to win, to win is to lose,

After every chess match go buy some booze!

ANOK1

"There are no losers in chess just those who learn"

Anok , 2010

ActuallySleepy
@Pacillus you know I obviously wasn’t there so I cannot say 100% that Paul Morphy said this but it seems the Internet thinks he in fact did. http://alchessmist.blogspot.com/2008/11/chess-quote-paul-morphy-on-checkers.html?m=1
Coffee_Player

"1. e4 - the best by test" - Bobby Fischer happy.png

chesschickenscheese

my favourite quote, despite its essence of arrogance, is "I love the moment I crush someone's ego" - Bobby Fischer

Ultra_Magnus99

Chess is not a game, it's a duel

billy223

Play the board not the player.

billy223

And Chess is not skittles. Though if it were even my losses would be super tasty.

Verbeena

neverherebefore

I am not ignorant of chess or music. 2 of 3 aint bad

neverherebefore
lathamjason307 wrote:

“Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.”

but you don't sweat as much

Pacillus

F3 ?

Blaise_Pascal :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal?ref=chessfortinternetsbiggestcollectionofchessresources

"(Alan Watts)" Chillstep Music

KingsHorseman
“Take care of your pawns and your pawns will take care of you.”
kevinReyes9

"Chess is mental torture"

Dlg44

"Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine." – Spielmann

 
manekapa

"My opponent left a glass of whisky 'en prise' and I took it 'en passant'." ~ Joseph Henry Blackburne

Pacillus

                         Great win ! You saw your chance and took it.

                             0 Mistakes 0 Blunders 0 Missed Wins

oregonpatzer

Yefim Bogoljubov:  "When I'm white, I win because I'm white, and when I'm black, I win because I'm Bogoljubov!"

Verbeena

"Always check, it might be mate!"