Over my chess playing career I have read and heard a lot of chess quotes.I was wondering what some of my fellow chess fanatic's favorite chess quotes are?
2007-03-27 11:18:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
"When I play with White, I win because I have the first move. When I play with Black, I win because I am Bogolubov!
(Efram Bogolubov)
2007-03-27 17:31:00 · answer #1 · answered by WolverLini 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Before the endgame, the gods have placed the middlegame" - Tarrasch
"When you find a good move, look for a better one" - Lasker
"We like to think." - Gary Kasparov, asked by Hans Ree why he and Karpov get into time trouble so often.
"Checkers is for tramps." - Paul Morphy
(I don't agree with him, but it's a funny quote)
You know, comrade Pachman, I don't enjoy being a Minister, I would rather play chess like you, or make a revolution in Venezuela." - Che Guevara, quoted in Ludek Pachman, Checkmate in Prague, 1975
"It is always better to sacrifice your opponent's men."
Savielly Tartakower
"A computer beat me in chess, but it was no match when it came to kickboxing" - Comedian Emo Philips
“The Pin is mightier than the sword” - (Fred Reinfeld)
“I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves” - (Bobby Fischer)
2007-03-27 13:14:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Check Mate!
2007-03-27 11:25:48 · answer #3 · answered by Indiana Frenchman 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"Why must I lose to this IDIOT!" - Aron Nimzovitch, after losing to a weaker player.
"The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made." - Xavielly Tartakover
2007-03-27 12:42:07 · answer #4 · answered by VT 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Check Mate! (If I'm the one saying it, of course!)
2007-03-29 04:16:51 · answer #5 · answered by Yep-itsMe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quit horsing around with your knights and play!
2007-03-28 20:23:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The hardest game to win is a won game"
2007-03-27 16:07:59 · answer #7 · answered by J.B. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"hurry the f**k up"... (my college buddy, 1995.)
2007-03-27 11:25:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋