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"One MUST beware of unnecessary excitement." - Tigran Petrosian

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"To loose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game" - David Bronstien

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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"

(Sounds like good advise to me!)

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"Surely chess is a sad waste of brains." Sir Walter Scott

Often quoted claiming Scott disliked the game.

Quite the reverse, he loved the game. This was him venting after
losing a game of chess. We have all said things like that after losing.

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http://www.chessquotes.com/player-tartakower

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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."

- Eric Sykes

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"I like the moment I break a man's ego" - Bobby Fischer

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Why must I lose to this idiot-said by Nimzowitsch & thought by many.

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Originally posted by ketchuplover
Why must I lose to this idiot-said by Nimzowitsch & thought by many.
"I've never defeated a healthy player"

"No game was ever won by resigning"

"It's always better to sacrifice your opponent's pieces"

All by Savielly Tartakower.


Richard

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"When life puts you in zugzwang, say 'No!' and throw in a zwischenzug!" - me

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"Well, we could invite the chess club, but they drink and they start fights..." - seen it on the english chess forum

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"Not all artist are chess players; but all chess players are artiist." -

Marcel Duchamp

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www.chessquotes.com bon appetit' 🙂

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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

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Rumba Clave, that has to be my favorite part of the movie!! The look on the teacher's face; you couldn't buy that with a Mastercard!!