What is your favorite chess quote?

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what i dont understand is when Aronian was at the press conference with Ivanchuk, he said : rook takes is such a sad move to make. I dont get it, a sad move????

"To all other chessplayers, the mistake, not the pawn, is the soul of chess. Without mistakes no wins. Long live the blunder! What would chess be without all the hung pieces, the mates in one, the blindness, the Fingerfehler, the mix-ups of move-order, the Nf5xd6 of Amsterdam 1956 or the d4-d3 of Havana 1965?"

- Tim Krabbé

"While the Baroque rules of chess could only have been created by humans, the rules of Go are so elegant, organic, and rigorously logical that if intelligent life forms exist elsewhere in the universe, they almost certainly play Go."

- Edward Lasker

During my first chess tournament in Brampton, Ontario, I was playing a far superior opponent and was using brutal but effective moves.  He was trying to be clever and I was playing to win.  Ten moves into the game he looked up at me like I was the devil incarnate and said, "Absolutely ruthless", and walked away from the board. 

My favourite "irl" chess quote (all the "real" ones I love are already in this thread :P) was last round in a weekend tournament. Me and my opponent were both far away from achieving any kind of meaningful tournament overall tournament score, so I offered a draw quite early (maybe after 12 moves or so) as Black in an even position.

He was silent for maybe half a minute, drew a deep breath, and just said:

"That's not why we're here."

Needless to say, he outplayed me and won easily :D

"You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one."

-Tal

At a local tournament some years ago a friend of mine was paired against Chess Life columnist Alex Dunne.  He walked up all friendly and asked, "How are you, Mr. Dunne?" Dunne looked him in the eye and replied, "Strong."  He crushed my friend in like 25 moves.

"Like the castle in his corner in a medieval game
I foresee terrible trouble but I stay here just the same" - Steely Dan, "Dirty Work"

"Never make the same mistake twice or you'll never get around to all of them."- Unknown

To get squares, ya gotta give squares.
-- Bobby Fischer 

Without error there can be no brilliancy.
-- Emanuel Lasker

Not favorites:

Try to play after your opponent has eaten or drunk freely.
-- Lucena

Place the board so that the sun is in your opponent's eyes.
-- Lucena 

I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art -- and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.
-- Marcel Duchamp (on giving up art to play chess)

Tactics flow from a superior position.
-- Bobby Fischer 

Tactics is what you do when there is something to do; strategy is what you do when there is nothing to do.
-- Tartakower 

Ah, the famed "Lucena Position"

" You need not play well - just help your opponent play badly" - Genrikh Chepukaitis

"learn to use the edit button"

- chess.com forum

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That's actually a pretty awesome reply from your opponent. Thanks for sharing!