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What is your favorite chess quote?
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Are there quotes from Alexander the Great about chess? If not, let's have some more chess quotes instead of "The Trial of Alexander the Great" although that might make a good book.
TetsuoShima wrote:
positionaltactics wrote:
My favourite quote is "The hardest game to win is a won game"
the hardest game to win is a losing game with insufficient material for you.
The hardest game to win is a completed game that you have already lost.
sapientdust wrote:
TetsuoShima wrote:
positionaltactics wrote:
My favourite quote is "The hardest game to win is a won game"
the hardest game to win is a losing game with insufficient material for you.
The hardest game to win is a completed game that you have already lost.
thats true, thats even wiser. ;)
TetsuoShima wrote:
IoftheHungarianTiger wrote:
TetsuoShima wrote:
i disagree i have the greatest respect for speaking so openly. Hein Donner used the excuse that he wanted to provoke(or maybe he didnt, but his friends said it). FIscher had the guts to say what he really ment.
i disagree i have the greatest respect for speaking so openly. Hein Donner used the excuse that he wanted to provoke(or maybe he didnt, but his friends said it). FIscher had the guts to say what he really ment.
It takes courage and a real man, i wish i were so honorful. FOr that i will always admire Fischer.
I think an A** is the exact opposite from Fischer, i mean we see it all day, in real life no1 honors women and respects them. Ok maybe the own wife and such is different. But in the grand sheme of things. But in chats everyone is a hero...
yeah everyone is sucking up, yeah women are great they are just as good...
and still no1 watches women activities, where women take part that are not sharply dressed.
I personally think FIscher was the real last Samurai.
The real last action hero!!!
I will admire Fischer forever for that. Hail to the king!!!!
Congratulations, TetsuoShima ... In my eyes, you are every bit as honorable a man as your hero Bobby Fischer.
Im not, but that is probably the nicest thing someone ever said to me on the internet.
Thank you very much!!!
No need to thank me ... I'm pretty sure most people reading your comments feel about the same as I do.
"If you believe everything you read then you would come to think that I play chess very well." -Tal
"Who killed those flies...and why?" Newspaper headline during Fischer-Spassky match.
Jul 14, 2013
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TetsuoShima wrote:
tmjvijay wrote:
Had Fischer faced the likes of Judit Polgar, he woud have been ripped apart ! Talking about women, I have a lot of admiration for Judit's style.
maybe in an upside down world she would have beaten Fischer
Karpov wasn't the only player Fischer was afraid of. He backed down from Judit as well.
kalecgos91 wrote:
I dislike how this thread got from chess quotes to who's better than Fisher and who's not... There is absolutely no point in arguing about this. Theory has changed a lot since Fisher, he never really played most accurately he was an expert in exploiting his opponent's mistakes and weaknesses ruthlessly. Now with all the positional theory he would have to change his playing style to stand a chance in top level.
how do you ruthlessly punish mistakes and weaknesses without playing accuratly??
i dont believe its possible to punish mistakes at Fischers level without playing accuratly
also he didnt not only punish, he forced his opponent to make mistakes, heve even lured them into making mistakes.
Actually Fischer is probably the greatest champion whoever existed because of his planes, his ideas and his versatility....
Its poetic, its what chess should be in the first place... how he lured spassky in the alekhine. How he know exactly what Spassky would react, how his entire playing style will be and how he will punish it. Its like Grand strategy!!!
Many world champions show signs of ingenuity but Fischer seems to overshine them all...
kalecgos91 wrote:
I'm just wondering why all Fisher fans get all butthurt when someone states his play was not perfect... I really like Fisher too, and I adore his fierce style. You reacted as if I said he was a patzer. You people here act as if he weren't a mere human. If that had been the case he wouldn't have lost a single game. When talking about chess it is a nonsense to claim a single person to be the very best and above all, that's all I was trying to say.
Not all Fischer fans are blind to his faults. He was a superb chessplayer but also human and, like all of us, flawed by definition. The magnitude of his achievements in chess is staggering though when you consider that, to all extents and purposes, he did it alone. His analysis and preparation were his alone and not the product of a team of gifted seconds. I think this is one of the things I most admire about the chess legacy he left us and, for me it makes all the rest tolerable. I think he was a tortured soul and a very lonely man and I always ask myself what happened? He was, apparently, a really nice kid, respectful and full of joy.
Get up biatch, next!
i cant watch him play, his moves make me sick.
i think korchnoi said it but im not 100 percent sure who he ment.
i just really like the quote
"I won't play you anymore. You have insulted my friend."
Miguel Najdorf, playing blitz, when an opponent cursed himself for a blunder.
"A computer beat me at chess, but it was no match when it came to kickboxing"
Emo Philips
Is Emo still around?
Best chess advice: "you better win or it's back in the dungeon for you"
Jul 16, 2013
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winerkleiner wrote:
Is Emo still around?
No. I heard he passed away, as a result of either Chess- or Kickboxing-reaated injuries.
varelse1 wrote:
winerkleiner wrote:
Is Emo still around?
No. I heard he passed away, as a result of either Chess- or Kickboxing-reaated injuries.
Hmm...chess can be brutal.
i take you to candy shop......