Originally posted by chesstora I know that a lot of great things have been said about the great game of chess. Could you post some of the ones that you've heard or made up yourself. Here is one on my favorites:
"Chess is mental torture." - Gary Kasparov
I'm sure that we've all felt this way before.
This from an interview of Anatoly Karpov in the 80's (paraphrased)
"Don't forget the old games, many lines of play from the past can be
dangerous weapons when used against players unfamilair with there
half forgotton secrets"
Originally posted by chesstora I know that a lot of great things have been said about the great game of chess. Could you post some of the ones that you've heard or made up yourself. Here is one on my favorites:
"Chess is mental torture." - Gary Kasparov
I'm sure that we've all felt this way before.
"I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to pass the salt."
one of my favorites, from "In Search of Bobby Fischer"...Josh's father talking to the teacher:
He's better at this than I've ever been at anything in my life. He's better at this than you'll ever be, at anything. My son has a gift. He has a gift, and when you acknowledge that, then maybe we will have something to talk about