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Fun chess thoughts and quotes:

“You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.”

– José Raúl Capablanca

Definitely on my way to becoming a good player LOL

If you learn something from the game you lost, then you really haven’t lost. You’ve gained.

- me

“Chess is the struggle against the error.”

- Johannes Zukertort

“Every chess master was once a beginner.”

– Irving Chernev

“When you see a good move, look for a better one.”

- Emanuel Lasker

“Even a poor plan is better than no plan at all.”

- Mikhail Chigorin

“Play the opening like a book, the middlegame like a magician, and the endgame like a machine.”

– Rudolph Spielmann

“After a bad opening, there is hope for the middle game. After a bad middle game, there is hope for the endgame. But once you are in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived.”

- Edmar Mednis

“One bad move nullifies forty good ones.”

- Bernhard Horwitz

“The beauty of chess is it can be whatever you want it to be. It transcends language, age, race, religion, politics, gender, and socioeconomic background. Whatever your circumstances, anyone can enjoy a good fight to the death over the chess board.”

- Simon Williams

“All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves”

- Bobby Fischer

“It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well”

- Siegbert Tarrasch

“Chess is 99% tactics.”

- Richard Teichmann

But...

“Tactics flow from a superior position”

- Bobby Fischer

To have a superior position, you must control the center, control more territory, have active, mobile and coordinated pieces, and a safe king.

- me

Get all your pieces active:

“Invite everyone to the party.”

- Yasser Seirawan

“The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made.” – Savielly Tartakower

I prefer slow time controls and analysis after the game.

Cheers!

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