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taufiq
4/07/2008
14:09:58
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 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)
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muppyman
4/07/2008
15:09:35
[ report abuse ] | 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"
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chessnovice
4/07/2008
16:39:36
[ report abuse ] | ...
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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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steverand67
4/07/2008
19:15:23
[ report abuse ] | 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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ionadowman
4/07/2008
21:14:38
[ report abuse ] | 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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heinzkat
4/08/2008
00:47:27
[ report abuse ] | 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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chessnovice
4/08/2008
01:51:50
[ report abuse ] | 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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taufiq
4/08/2008
04:36:51
[ report abuse ] | 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 ! :)
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juanvaldezmyhero
4/08/2008
05:16:56
[ report abuse ] | 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
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taufiq
4/08/2008
05:36:54
[ report abuse ] | 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".
:)
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sorceress_queen
4/08/2008
06:55:45
[ report abuse ] | ,,
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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?
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wschmidt
4/08/2008
11:50:30
[ report abuse ] | 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.”
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ionadowman
4/08/2008
13:31:08
[ report abuse ] | 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
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ccmcacollister
4/10/2008
20:34:39
[ report abuse ] | 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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taufiq
4/14/2008
00:00:23
[ report abuse ] | From Gameknot's people:
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chessnovice : "A King's Gambit without Nf3 is like a fish without water."
A nice quote ! :)
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cairo
4/14/2008
09:39:23
[ report abuse ] | 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
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heinzkat
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
gameknot.com
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caro-kann
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)
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swapov
4/19/2008
20:27:49
[ report abuse ] | A wildly exciting quote!!
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"Chess is a draw." - Kasparov
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ionadowman
4/20/2008
13:44:25
[ report abuse ] | 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
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taufiq
4/30/2008
03:55:06
[ report abuse ] | 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)
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sodiumattack
5/03/2008
01:47:29
[ report abuse ] | Mikhail Tal (1936-1992)
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Some sacrifices are sound, the rest are mine.
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cairo
5/04/2008
00:55:46
[ report abuse ] | And
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The threat is mightier than the execution Aaron Nimzowitsch.
Best wishes
Cairo
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