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Posted by taufiq
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4/07/2008
14:09:58
Play chess computer		 Subject: Quotes

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Maybe starting a topic where we all can type some chess-quotes from famous players ?

In particular, I'm searcing a quote about some guy who was talking about playing against God.. He would win with white, but draw with black, or something like that ? I thought it was Fischer who said something like that, but I can't find it anywhere..

“Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack”
(Wilhelm Steinitz)

“The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake”
(Savielly Tartakover)

Posted by muppyman
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4/07/2008
15:09:35
Play chess computer		 not Fischer,

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It was, I believe, one of the older masters, possibly Chigorin or someone like that, and I think he said words like "Not even God could give me the odds of pawn and move, and expect to beat me"


Posted by chessnovice
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4/07/2008
16:39:36
Play chess computer		 ...

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My favorite has always been Steinitz' line:

"The refutation of a gambit frequently lies in its acceptance."
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A Match All About the Sicilian — An unusual chess match is being held in South Carolina. It pits Judit Polgar of Hungary, the strongest woman chess payer in history, who is now ranked No. 46 in the world, but once was in the top 10, against Gregory Kaidanov, a Ukrainian-born American grandmaster, who is ranked No. 261. The match is four games and has an interesting twist: Each game begins with a different variation of the Sicilian Defense. The first game was on Monday and was won by Kaidanov, who had White, and featured the Sveshnikov. The second, which was won by Polgar, was on Tuesday and was a Dragon. The third chess game, which is being played on Wednesday, and can ...
Posted by steverand67
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4/07/2008
19:15:23
Play chess computer		 One of Fischer's quotes...

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"I like the moment when I break a man's ego."
-RJF
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The f-pawn, part 2: is f5 the answer here? — Does White have a better option than moving the f-pawn? Continuing our look at the chess equivalent of route one football – the f-pawn advance... RB Well, let's see what happens when we push – 1 f5. The answer comes back faster than Manchester United on the break, not much. Black is under no compulsion to take the pawn and can instead centralise with 1…Nd4 or even 1…Qd4, or start getting the queen's rook into play with 1…Rac8, and 1…Nb4, hitting the d-pawn, would be irritating. All right, let's try to be logical. What's wrong here is that even if we could swap off pawns on the f-file, the f1-rook would remain blocked by the bishop. Let's ...
Posted by ionadowman
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4/07/2008
21:14:38
Play chess computer		 This is a little more modest...

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... but not much:
"When I have the White pieces, I win because I have the White pieces;
when I have the Black pieces, I win because I am Bogolyubov". (E. Bogolyubov).

"A gambit is an opening in which you sacrifice material for the sake of getting a lost game" (S. Tarrasch, I think).

"The mistakes are all there, just waiting to be made!" (S. Tartakower).

"I welcome the opportunity once more of becoming ex-World Champion" Mikhail Tal, upon winning the World Blitz Championship in the early 1980s.
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Posted by heinzkat
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4/08/2008
00:47:27
Play chess computer		 taufiq

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Topalov said:

"If you don't make a mistake, no one can beat you, not even God. It would have to be a draw."


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Topalov Closes In on Linares Title — After eight rounds, Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the top seed, holds a one point lead in the annual Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Spain. Alexander Grischuk of Russia, the defending champion, is in second place after beating Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan in Round 8 on Sunday. Levon Aronian of Armenia is in third, having managed, like Topalov, not to have lost a game in the chess tournament. Unlike Topalov, who has won three games, Aronian has not won a game either. So far, 25 percent of the games have been decisive, but that does not mean that the other 75 percent have been dull. Quite the contrary. The games have mostly been hard fought and exciting, even ...
Posted by chessnovice
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4/08/2008
01:51:50
Play chess computer		 muppyman

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I think Steinitz was the one who offered God the pawn and move handicap. I'm not sure how the story goes, whether Steinitz offered or actually managed to play (through an invisible telephone line) against God. But needless to say, Steinitz wasn't in the best mental shape near the end of his life.
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Posted by taufiq
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4/08/2008
04:36:51
Play chess computer		 God

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No, the quote I'm talking about was something like: "if I would play God with white, I would win; if I had black, it should become a draw"..

(or something like that). I know I've read it in someone's profile here on Gameknot..

Thanks for your willing to help me folks !
Let's keep those quotes coming ! :)

Posted by juanvaldezmyhero
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4/08/2008
05:16:56
Play chess computer		 Bruce Moon

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Adequate compensation for a sacrifice is having a sound combination leading to a winning position; adequate compensation for a blunder is
having your opponent snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Posted by taufiq
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4/08/2008
05:36:54
Play chess computer		 Found it !

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Hans Ree vraagt Fischer hoe hij tegen God zou spelen. Hij antwoordt:

Met zwart zou ik geen schijn van kans tegen Hem maken, maar met wit speel ik gewoon Spaans. Dat is zo'n uitgebalanceerde opening. Dan maakt Hij me niets. Maar misschien speelt Hij wel Siciliaans. Dan speel ik toch de variant met loper c4. Daarmee moet ik remise kunnen maken.

--> Hans Ree asks Fischer how he would play God. Fischer answers:
"With black, I wouldn't make a chance to Him, but with white I just play the Ruy Lopez (Spanish). That's a balanced opening; then He can't touch me. But maybe He plays Sicilian. Then I would play the Bishop c4-variant. With that, it should be a draw".

:)

Posted by sorceress_queen
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4/08/2008
06:55:45
Play chess computer		 ,,

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This not a chess quote, but as some GM explained how they will do facing God in a chessboard, what about facing a deceased GM? :))

www.winner.com.py

The article is in spanish and the author is GM Franco Ocampo, Zenon

I think that, if googling a bit, someone can post a reference in english, but this one is really very good!

Maybe it should be posted elsewhere?

Posted by wschmidt
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4/08/2008
11:50:30
Play chess computer		 My favorite:

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Bent Larsen was once asked: “How do you get better at chess?” He responded: “First you learn one thing really well. Then you learn something else really well. Then you go on to something else. Pretty soon you know a lot.”


Posted by ionadowman
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4/08/2008
13:31:08
Play chess computer		 For losers everywhere...

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... and we are all losers at one time or another...

"Why must I lose to this idiot??" (attributed to Aron Nimzovitch)

"I'm not valiant neither, but every puny whipster gets my sword" (Bill Shakespeare, "Othello") - suggested (tongue in cheek) by chess author Martin Beheim as one way to put down your victorious opponent. Not that I would recommend such behaviour at all... No, no, not I... ;-)
Cheers...
Ion

Posted by ccmcacollister
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4/10/2008
20:34:39
Play chess computer		 Some "Quoted" or 'Para-phrased' ...

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I really like the Quote from Bent Larsen, wschmidt and had not heard it before.
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Another very famous Fischer Quote was to the effect, 'I can give Knight odds to any woman in the world & win'
Incidentally, one of the Polgar sisters, whom he was friends with, asked him if that still held true ...where upon he was said to have admitted that it may no longer be the case :)
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From Interview With A Grandmaster; WC/GM Alexander Khalifman who learned Chess @ 6, speaking about his Chess background:
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"Well, I guess that I'm no Capablanca, even though my father plays chess better than Capa's father did."
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Posted by taufiq
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4/14/2008
00:00:23
Play chess computer		 From Gameknot's people:

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chessnovice : "A King's Gambit without Nf3 is like a fish without water."

A nice quote ! :)

Posted by cairo
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4/14/2008
09:39:23
Play chess computer		 Bent Larsen

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also said:

Correspondence chess is not a battle between books, (before the days of databases) but a battle between critical readers!

My King is walking! (Aaron Nimzowitsch)

Pawns is the soul of the game! (Philidor)

A Kingdom for a horse........ ups sorry that is not chess- is it :-))

Best wishes
Cairo

Posted by heinzkat
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4/19/2008
12:57:28
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"I cannot fail the friendly Bulgarian GMs who have bestowed their hard-earned expertise upon me."

- Fred McGriff

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Posted by caro-kann
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4/19/2008
17:26:46
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It is always better to sacrifice your opponent's men (Savielly Tartakower)

(On the intro to my Chessmaster II game)

Posted by swapov
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4/19/2008
20:27:49
Play chess computer		 A wildly exciting quote!!

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"Chess is a draw." - Kasparov

Posted by ionadowman
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4/20/2008
13:44:25
Play chess computer		 The following...

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... is one I that I can't place the authorship of. James Mason, maybe?

"Place the chesspieces in their box, shake vigorously, tip the pieces over the board from the height of two feet, and there you have the style of Steinitz."

This same James Mason attended a lecture given by Steinitz at which the speaker gave vent to some controversial remarks on the chess of Paul Morphy. In the transports of oratory, Steinitz derided Morphy's habit of castling early - of tucking his king, in apparently cowardly fashion, safely in a corner.
Quoth Mason: "Sound's like a good idea, to me."

Cheers,
Ion

Posted by taufiq
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4/30/2008
03:55:06
Play chess computer		 Also a nice one !

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"Victory goes to the player who makes
the next-to-last mistake."

Savielly Grigorievitcyh Tartakower (1887-1956)

Posted by sodiumattack
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5/03/2008
01:47:29
Play chess computer		 Mikhail Tal (1936-1992)

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Some sacrifices are sound, the rest are mine.

Posted by cairo
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5/04/2008
00:55:46
Play chess computer		 And

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The threat is mightier than the execution Aaron Nimzowitsch.

Best wishes
Cairo

Posted by marinvukusic
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5/18/2008
22:14:16
Play chess computer		 Should be a chess quote

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"Now remember, things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is."
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Applies to OTB chess :)

Posted by spurtus
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5/19/2008
12:06:58
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'use it or lose it' - universal quote.



Posted by ionadowman
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5/21/2008
14:13:04
Play chess computer		 Savielly Tartakower...

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... was always good for a "bon mot". Here's one that sums up nicely the game of Chess:

"The mistakes are all there, just waiting to be made."

Cheers,
Ion

Posted by ccmcacollister
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5/21/2008
18:30:29
Play chess computer		 How about this one ...

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Was it Michaelangelo or Da Vinci that said something about the statue is already there, I just uncover it? When I put that together with Tartakower, I get:

The mistakes are already there in the board, waiting for me to chip away the extra wood ...
The art is already in the board ... naw
...waiting for me to chip away my defensive resources ...

Well I am getting there
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"There is Nothing New in Chess; Tartakower's mistakes are all there waiting to be re-discovered ..."
"um .... by me! Or You! So maybe you better go hypermodern !? Then you can do Fischer mistakes too ... "
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Finally, "If you aspire to repeat the mistakes of the Masters', first you must be able to see them" uh ... "or find an opponent who will see them! "....
...or buy Chessmaster program"
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I can see this is getting on the track.

}8-)

Thanks Sputus, you reminded me of one! ... "No Pain, No Gain"

Posted by chessnovice
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5/22/2008
05:58:23
Play chess computer		 ccmcacollister

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I think it was Michaelangelo, about his statue of David.

Posted by ionadowman
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5/22/2008
14:19:07
Play chess computer		 Yes...

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... although it might have been his statue of Moses. If it was David, Michaelangelo, when asked how he achieved his creation is said to have responded: "I just removed the bits that weren't David."
There you go.
So, when you brag about your latest victory: "I just played the moves that didn't lose".
Beats the hell out of saying some nonsense like: "I just played the moves each time that satisfied the needs of the position." More snappy.
Cheers,
Ion