Interesting Chess Quotes

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Sure thing Dutchess , I understand.

Actually my dear Dutchess, these things are one and the same whether they were
perpetrated in the highlands or anywhere else. I am not a Scottish nationalist, in
fact, while i carry the name MacGregor from my mothers side and the name
Gordon from my fathers, my nationalism ends at rugby and football matche ...[text shortened]... ucation, a poor sea pirate like me needs all the education he can get - kind
regards Robbie 🙂

Robbie I don't think Duchess is Dutch. You're for the high jump now. Unless you're in the lowlands in which case you're for the low jump.

Originally posted by thaughbaer
Robbie I don't think Duchess is Dutch. You're for the high jump now. Unless you're in the lowlands in which case you're for the low jump.

Lol, pedant!

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Lol, pedant!

Don't call me a peasant with your mouth full

"Always deploy so that the right oblique can be readily established in case the objective plane remains open or becomes permanently located on the centre or on the King's wing, or that the crochet aligned may readily be established if the objective plane becomes permanently located otherwise than at the extremity of the strategic front."- Franklin K. Young

"The best initial move for white is 1. P-K4."- Irving Chernev

"When the chess game is over, the pawn and the king go back to the same box."

~Irish proverb (from rahyter's profile)

Originally posted by ChessPraxis

I think this quote fits the candor of this thread:
"When the chess game is over, the pawn and the king go back to the same box." - Irish saying contributed by Etienne Goldstein

Been there, done that 🙂

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Been there, done that 🙂

Didn't realize you had already posted it? Sorry I missed it.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Didn't realize you had already posted it? Sorry I missed it.

NP Bob, at least we're on topic. 😕

My computer beat me at chess once... but then I beat it at kickboxing

"I'll be black."-kirksey957

"If that works, I'm a monkey's bum" Ken Coates

if you survive this, ill eat my leg - torten

"Had to become a member of Red Hot Pawn, since I pawned all of my chess sets!" -cubfan2 (paraphrased)

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
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"You need not play well, just help your opponent to play badly." -Genrikh Chepukaitis. “The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing” Tartakover. “Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack” -Wilhelm Steinitz.

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