Hort: "In chess even the keenest communist has to look for his king!" *rofl*
This was back in the 1980ies before the iron curtain opened.
What is your favorite chess quote?
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"There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine."
Tal :)
Apr 2, 2013
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#4
Spassky was asked by an interviewer: "Which do you prefer... Chess or Sex?"
He replied: "It depends on the position."
"I mean, first of all, i played, you know, absolutely disgracefully from... move one"!!!111
Quiz: who is the Top-GM who recently said this?
lol idk
Apr 2, 2013
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#7
LOL blueemu
Petrosian was asked what was his favorite piece, answered "The one my opponent doesn't have!"
"You've got to lose to know how to win"
--Aerosmith
Eseles wrote:
"I mean, first of all, i played, you know, absolutely disgracefully from... move one"!!!111
Quiz: who is the Top-GM who recently said this?
Carlsen :)
blueemu wrote:
Spassky was asked by an interviewer: "Which do you prefer... Chess or Sex?"
He replied: "It depends on the position."
End of thread.
"Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it."
Who said that? No Google! :)
Winning is easy,leaning how not to lose marks a great chess player.
Aetheldred wrote:
"Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it."
Who said that? No Google! :)
Anand
I used Bing :-)
I prefer to sack my opponents pieces Tartakover... actually its not my very favourite but its all i can come up with now
JMB2010 wrote:
Aetheldred wrote:
"Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it."
Who said that? No Google! :)
Anand
I used Bing :-)
LOL, good one
Apr 2, 2013
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#17
"If drink is the curse of the working classes and work is the curse of the drinking classes then chess is the curse of the thinking classes." -- J Ross
varelse1 wrote:
My computer beat me at chess. But it was no match for me at kickboxing.
LOL
Apr 2, 2013
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#19
"Chess is the greatest game ever invented, because it only looks like a game." -- Scott Kerns
"Chess is a beautiful mistress to whom we keep coming back, no matter how many times she rejects us."
– Bent Larsen
"Chess is not a game but a disease."
– Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
"Some of Marshall's most sparkling moves look at first like typographical errors."
– William Napier
"I make errors, therefore I am!"
– Saviely Tartakower
Why must I lose to this idiot?!"
– Aaron Nimzowitsch
“Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like
Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game”
(Nigel Short)
What's yours?