"I love all positions. Give me a difficult positional game, I will play it. Give me a bad position, I will defend it. Openings, endgames, complicated positions, dull draws, I love them and I will do my very best. But totally won positions, I cannot stand them."
Hein Donner, Clubblad DD, 1950
What is your favorite chess quote?
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MrDamonSmith wrote:
Then Kasparov used Tyson's quote. Then I like Tyson's quote. I gotta add that saying to my profile even though it doesn't fit in with anything I've got there now.
No, Kasparov never said that. I wrote it in the other thread as a joke :)
I don't really have a 'favorite' chess quote, per se. The most common one, which I prefer for most kinds of quotations is the double quote " "
But, depending on the circumstances, I may use the single quote (apostrophe) ' '
And in rarer cases, parenthesis (), braces {}, brackets [] or angled brackets <>
nice quotes everyone! keep them going
With the white pieces you have to use the toilet chair, mainly to offset the first move advantage.
I don't see you guys' rating
The kind of mate I'm contemplating
I'd let you watch, I would invite you
But the queens we use would not excite you
"One Night in Bangkok" from the musical, Chess
Jun 13, 2013
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Coach: "Why did you make these lousy moves?"
Player: " I had to mix things up, I needed to win the game to have a chance of winning the tournament"
Coach: "Make a note - it's easier to win a game from a good position than from a bad one"
Also, probably been said here before: "chess is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration"
Fischer quote, also probably been on here before, something like: "...of course, Black could play differently, " - Fischer was explaining some of his analysis - "but then, he loses differently"
Jun 13, 2013
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CLINTEASTW00D wrote:
With the white pieces you have to use the toilet chair, mainly to offset the first move advantage.
Please stop talking to the chairs, Clint. They cannot hear you!
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
varelse1 wrote:
CLINTEASTW00D wrote:
With the white pieces you have to use the toilet chair, mainly to offset the first move advantage.
Please stop talking to the chairs, Clint. They cannot hear you!
lol
This is a great thread!! You all probably have heard the tru story of someone asking Capablanca(is that correct?) how many moves ahead he could see. Big issue back then was who could see the farthest down the road....what a classic answer, of course..."Only one move..............but it's always the best move.
Jun 13, 2013
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bsharpchess wrote:
This is a great thread!! You all probably have heard the tru story of someone asking Capablanca(is that correct?) how many moves ahead he could see. Big issue back then was who could see the farthest down the road....what a classic answer, of course..."Only one move..............but it's always the best move.
I think that was Reti.
Good quote though, whoever it was.
varelse1 wrote:
bsharpchess wrote:
This is a great thread!! You all probably have heard the tru story of someone asking Capablanca(is that correct?) how many moves ahead he could see. Big issue back then was who could see the farthest down the road....what a classic answer, of course..."Only one move..............but it's always the best move.
I think that was Reti.
Good quote though, whoever it was.
yes, it's a great quote. It's always good to see the best move, so you can MAKE the best moves! :3
''A bad plan is better than no plan at all''
In a tournament game back in 1997 I actually pulled off a queen sac - my only one in 25 years of tournament play. Seven moves later my opponent resigned.
My combination worked! Wow! With a queen sac, no less! I was as elated as a kid who just hit his first homer.
I was brought down to earth twenty minutes later: my opponent showed me a "hole" in my analysis at move 6 of the combo. We had both missed it.
Somewhat deflated at finding my combo was unsound, and should've cost me the game, I told my sad story to New England legend Senior Master John Curdo; he's won over 800 tournaments dating back to the late 1940s.
Said the always-practical Curdo:
"If they resign the sac is sound!"
^
this was clearly before the internet tactics puzzles taught us that the Queen is the most disposable piece :P
apawndown wrote:
In a tournament game back in 1997 I actually pulled off a queen sac - my only one in 25 years of tournament play. Seven moves later my opponent resigned.
My combination worked! Wow! With a queen sac, no less! I was as elated as a kid who just hit his first homer.
I was brought down to earth twenty minutes later: my opponent showed me a "hole" in my analysis at move 6 of the combo. We had both missed it.
Somewhat deflated at finding my combo was unsound, and should've cost me the game, I told my sad story to New England legend Senior Master John Curdo; he's won over 800 tournaments dating back to the late 1940s.
Said the always-practical Curdo:
"If they resign the sac is sound!"
hahahaha. cool!
"Why do I keep losing to these idiots!??!