- I am not a chess genius. I am a genius who happens to be playing chess.
I think it was Fischer who said it in an interview when he was called a chess genius by the interviewer. I think this quote expresses a deep thought, no matter who said it.
What is your favorite chess quote of all time?
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"Chess is me", Salvador Dali
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#44
lets not forget the fancanon sayings of Beavis...
"chess sucks. theres no chicks here!"
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#45
"In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once." - David Bronstein. This just about sums up everything.
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along." -- Terry Pratchett
Aye, gambit and your pawn may die. Castle, and you'll live... at least a while. And being checked in your King’s Indian defense, many moves from now because you failed to deal with the fianchettoed Bishop. Would you be willing to trade all the moves, from this opening move to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our Rooks, but they'll never take... OUR FIDE RATINGS DOWN!
William Hartston Wallace (playing a chess game just before the Battle of Stirling Bridge 1297)
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#48
" 19000+ people on live chess and this freekin site can't find me one person to play blitz against"
........... Fischer. (2015)
Alexander Alekhine, after sweeping everyone off the board with 13 wins and 2 draws with no losses at the San Remo 1930 GM tournament beating the 2nd place Nimzowhich by 3 1/2 points.
" Doo00Dz ! I am teh SUPAR ChEss MaxStOr! All thOse otHer n00Bz are THE SUCK at chest W00T W00T ! "
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no_one_special22 wrote:
arguing with obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. the pigeon craps on the board, knocks pieces over, then prances arond like it won the game. - Putin.
"i was completely winning. If i don't kill myself tonight i will live for a thousand years". Sokolov
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Soorat92 wrote:
Aye, gambit and your pawn may die. Castle, and you'll live... at least a while. And being checked in your King’s Indian defense, many moves from now because you failed to deal with the fianchettoed Bishop. Would you be willing to trade all the moves, from this opening move to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our Rooks, but they'll never take... OUR FIDE RATINGS DOWN!
William Hartston Wallace (playing a chess game just before the Battle of Stirling Bridge 1297)
That is totally false:
1. FIDE Ratings in 1297?
2.I thought that the KID was more recent that 1297.
Wilkes1949 wrote:
I don't remember who it was that said this, but one of the old masters in an interview was asked "How many moves do you think ahead?" His answer was "Only one-----but it's always the right one?"
"I only see one move ahead. The right one." - Richard Reti
Apotek wrote:
"It is always better to sacrifice your opponent's pieces",Tartakower
And every other quote by Tartakower is also my favorite,
“White lost because he failed to remember the right
continuation and had to think up the moves himself”
(Siegbert Tarrasch)
Chess is hard. Cowboy up. - owltuna
Gyula Breyer, hypermodern theorist:
"After the first move 1 P-K4 White’s game is in the last throes"
"Watch this Ethel. I'm fixin' to take that thing that looks like a castle." ~Billybob
My favourite: "Half the variations which are calculated in a tournament game turn out to be completely superfluous. Unfortunately, no one knows in advance which half" - Jan Timman
And a close second: "There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine." - Mikhail Tal
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