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What is your favorite chess quote?
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Shnozz sez: There are those who know the moves, and all the others who move the nose.
Apr 16, 2013
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#184
This may have come up earlier and I do not know where the quote comes from. When explaining the difference between an IM and a GM, it was said that an IM has the skill to confidently win a won position. On the other hand, a GM can not only win a won position, but convert a drawn position into a win and convert a lost position into a draw.
mapearson1990 wrote:
This may have come up earlier and I do not know where the quote comes from. When explaining the difference between an IM and a GM, it was said that an IM has the skill to confidently win a won position. On the other hand, a GM can not only win a won position, but convert a drawn position into a win and convert a lost position into a draw.
that is a bit esoteric and a play on words. Yeah i remember a game of my teacher, where he had a totally winning position against a GM and then blundered into a draw. I dont know if you necessarily can call that a skill, but i think i get what you mean....
but that being said you are obviously right, sometimes its phenomenal with what people can come with to save a game.
"Invinted a new opining, how do I get it named after me?"
macer75 wrote:
"Invinted a new opining, how do I get it named after me?"
Yeah, that unforgettable thread... A classic. 
Apr 16, 2013
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#190
blueemu wrote:
Spassky was asked by an interviewer: "Which do you prefer... Chess or Sex?"
He replied: "It depends on the position."
Oh that's naughty xD
Apr 16, 2013
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#191
chessknight80 wrote:
"When I play white, I win because I am white. When I play black, I win because I am Bugolyubov!" I love the way the chess master conveys his confidence!
Also, "Simplify, always simplify!" Sorry I don't have the chess master who said this--although I'm guessing it was Capablanca!
Simplify meaning what exactly, and why?
Apr 16, 2013
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#192
candyass4ever wrote:
Visualize where you want your pieces to be. Then put them there.
I forget who...
I heard someone say this at chess club! Nice :)
"Maybe I'm just the stronger/more talented player!" Karpov to his coach Roshal (after Roshal lost every blitz game to Karpov - no matter if he had better positions or not).
Apr 16, 2013
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#194
Oran_perrett wrote:
i invented a opening! - every patzer ever
Haha! That's really funny because someone said that to me recently!! ;p
"I often use the analogy of a chess game: one can learn all the rules of chess, but one doesn’t know how to play well. The present situation in physics is as if we know chess, but we don’t know one or two rules. But in this part of the board where things are operation, those one or two rules are not operating much and we can get along pretty well without understanding those rules. That’s the way it is, I would say, regarding the phenomena of life, consciousness and so forth."
Apr 18, 2013
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#196
It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of variations. -- Tartakower
Apr 18, 2013
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#197
candyass4ever wrote:
It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of variations. -- Tartakower
Common sense is not that common. -- Voltaire
ShockinAgain wrote:
candyass4ever wrote:
It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of variations. -- Tartakower
Probably the worst chess quote ever
Why? It's pretty good.
Rasparovov wrote:
ShockinAgain wrote:
candyass4ever wrote:
It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of variations. -- Tartakower
Probably the worst chess quote ever
Why? It's pretty good.
the quote would be good if he had used another term instead of common sense,...
"The boy (then a 12-year-old named Anatoly Karpov) doesn't have a clue about chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession." - Mikhail Botvinnik
The future of chess lies in the hands of this young man. - (On Kasparov at age 11) - Mikhail Botvinnik
I guess sometimes you hit, sometimes you dont.
Maybe just Botvinnik had no clue ... about who is talented and who isn't!