Chess Quotes

Originally posted by sannevssr
I got beaten at chess by a computer, it was no match for me in kickboxing.

Originally posted by Bifrost
That is a misquote, I'm afraid.

"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing"- Emo Phillips😉

Originally posted by Mephisto2
I am missing your point here. Isn't that the same as the 'misquote'?

Originally posted by Bifrost
I had no specific point other than to point out he misworded the quote.
That was it, I have a perfectionist thing.

I failed chess because of my height - Woody Allen

Originally posted by sannevssr
I knew it was slightly different, yet I was too lazy to look it up 😞

Originally posted by sannevssr
I failed chess because of my height - Woody Allen

Half the variations which are calculated in a tournament game turn out to be completely superfluous. Unfortunately, no one knows in advance which half - Jan Tinman

Originally posted by FabianFnas
"You won the game but you lost a friend."
...a friend of mine when she discovered that her opponent was cheating and she found out too late.

I knew I was losing a peice,but just couldn't believe it.I had to play one more move to see if it was really true......Fischer 1960

I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.

A Alekhine.

"Chess is mental torture."

Kasparov

"A good player is always lucky."

Capablanca

Originally posted by Korch
"Chess is mental torture."

Kasparov

"A good player is always lucky."

Capablanca

Interview with Siegbert Tarrasch

Q: What is the object of playing a gambit opening?

A: To gain the reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game.

Q: Account briefly for the popularity of the Queen Pawn Opening matches of a serious nature.

A: Laziness

Q: What is the duty of an umpire where a player willfully upsets the board?

A: Remove the bottle.

Q: What exceptional circumstances will justify the stopping of clocks during a tournament game?

A: Strangling a photographer

"Chess Review 1935"

Dave

I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack of rheumatism. In the fourth game, I wasn't feeling well. And in the fifth game? Well, must one have to win every game?

Sawielly Tartakower