Epic Chess Quotes - Chess and Board Game Strategy

There's a TON of chess quotes and there's a good number of them that are well, Epic.

This thread will be for the accumulation and discussion of Epic Chess Quotes.

I'll start the ball rolling with this one:

"You must take your opponent to a deep, dark forest, where two and two is five, and the way out is only wide enough for one!" - Mikhail Tal

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03-26-2009 , 07:02 PM

Punker

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Tal has a huge cache of them, but here are some that have always stuck with me.

"When I win with white, it is because I am white. When I win with black, it is because I am Bogoljubov!" - Bogoljubov

"Why must I lose to this idiot?" - Nimzovich

"Too much Alekehol" - Alekhine, on why he lost to Euwe

"I can give any woman in the world a knight and win" - Fischer
"Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight" - Tal

and not really a quote, but my favorite book title of all time:

"Fifty Glaring Blunders, commented on and committed by Robert Huebner"

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03-26-2009 , 10:25 PM

KingDan

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wcristen kibitzes: play benoni Without black bishop , is like a party Without woman

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03-26-2009 , 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by KingDan

wcristen kibitzes: play benoni Without black bishop , is like a party Without woman

lol wat

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03-26-2009 , 11:43 PM

Dynasty

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306 Chess Quotes

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03-27-2009 , 12:02 AM

chocaholic

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"It is better to sacrifice the opponent's pieces" -Tartakower
"The pawn is the soul of chess" -Philidor

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03-27-2009 , 02:12 AM

smilingbill

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FICS and ICC quotes by pdeck frappeboy representing

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03-27-2009 , 07:54 AM

DaMaGor

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chocaholic

"It is better to sacrifice the opponent's pieces" -Tartakower
"The pawn is the soul of chess" -Philidor

"In the endgame, it is nine-tenths of the body as well." --Reuben Fine, responding to Philidor in Basic Chess Endings

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03-28-2009 , 09:20 AM

Milky Joe

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"Today, I am playing against the black pieces." -Akiba Rubenstein, when asked who his opponent was that day.

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03-29-2009 , 11:50 AM

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All-inMcLovin

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"I don't memorize opening variations. I remember ideas." - Bobby Fischer

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04-07-2009 , 09:50 PM

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Al Mirpuri

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Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. - Tarrasch

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04-09-2009 , 11:41 AM

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Swingin

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"Chess is mental masturbation" - The late, great, mentally ill Bobby Fischer.

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04-09-2009 , 01:36 PM

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TimM

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Morozefish(43): chess=poker+more work - prize fund

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04-09-2009 , 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TimM

Morozefish(43): chess=poker+more work - prize fund

QFT lol

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04-10-2009 , 02:50 AM

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lastcardcharlie

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From Chernev's The Chess Companion:

Chess holds its master in its own bonds - fetters and in some ways shapes his spirit, so that under it the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer. - Albert Einstein

At no time in the history of chess have there been more than fifteen ranking first-class masters, and most of the time ten or twelve would be nearer the truth. - Capablanca

One of the most curious facts found in the by-paths of chess research is the affected dread of brain-ruin on the part of men whom the Fates have made absolutely immune from any such calamity. - Anonymous

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04-10-2009 , 08:17 AM

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worktobedestroyed

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my 2 faves by Bobby Fischer
"I like the moment when I break a man's ego."
“I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves.”

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04-21-2009 , 04:18 AM

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All-inMcLovin

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If you want a new idea, read an old book. – Source Unknown

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04-21-2009 , 07:56 AM

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Ajezz

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"Chess exceeds all other games as far as the Chimborazo exceeds a dunghill." A. Schopenhauer

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04-22-2009 , 03:53 PM

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Bobby, do you prefer chess or sex? ,,Uhhhhh....sex is good and all that, but chess lasts longer, so I´d have to pick chess."

Parkbench interview in 1971: Bobby, you don´t have a highschooldiploma. Do you think you will ever get it? ,,Uhhhhhhh......no, I don´t think so.......Unless it is honorary (laughs)"

Last edited by Nezh; 04-22-2009 at 03:59 PM.

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04-22-2009 , 04:54 PM

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Nezh

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You must not only be a good player, but also play well. (Tarrasch, I believe)

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04-23-2009 , 01:15 AM

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Tigerpat

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"My ex-wife and i were like opposite color Bishops!"...Boris Spasky

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04-23-2009 , 01:35 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tigerpat

"My ex-wife and i were like opposite color Bishops!"...Boris Spasky

lmao very nice 6th post

i enjoy this quote.

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04-23-2009 , 04:03 AM

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OMHPOZ

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zayedali: play rated game i thing you became god rated

omg, i just pissed myself

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04-26-2009 , 07:17 PM

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kioshk

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'...Alexander Alekhine..., when apprehended at the Polish frontier for lack of papers, retorted, "I am Alekhine, chess champion of the world. This is my cat. Her name is Chess. I need no passport."'

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04-26-2009 , 07:23 PM

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kioshk

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Al Mirpuri

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. - Tarrasch

A ICC finger note I once saw: "Chess, like wine, has the power to make men winos."

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