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| b123 7/23/2005 13:49:21 [ report this post ] |
 Subject: One linersMessage: I was wondering if we could make a list with nice oneliners about chess. Many of us have such one in their profile. Like ex "Chess is not a game, nor science... it's art" is one i still remember but i ve read many more in yours profile I forgot. Greetings b123 |
| mrtrout 7/23/2005 17:25:54 [ report this post ] | Well okay then, Message: but you can't have a thread like this without a nod to George Bernard Shaw's pithy, yet staggeringly accurate quotation: "Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time." |
| blackbaron 7/25/2005 10:16:06 [ report this post ] | How about.... Message: |
| hellr0ckah 8/02/2005 22:26:37 [ report this post ] | Message: ;) |
| greenpawn 8/04/2005 14:52:07 [ report this post ] | A well known one by Philidor... Message: |
| ccmcacollister 8/08/2005 21:47:24 [ report this post ] | "Metro Chess Magazine" Archives Message: ccmcacollister, "But I'm an A-Player!" }8-) |
| bogg 8/09/2005 07:36:58 [ report this post ] | Craig Message: CTC (Bogg) |
| matthew_romoser 8/09/2005 07:46:40 [ report this post ] | ... Message: 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?� -- Siegbert Tarrasch :-) |
| ckytep 8/09/2005 11:45:48 [ report this post ] | ... Message: |
| steveoz 8/12/2005 09:22:52 [ report this post ] | One liners Message: |
| buddie 8/13/2005 13:27:20 [ report this post ] | One liners Message: Loser: "Well, how would you have played that game ?" Observer: "Under an assumed name". |
| apastpawn 8/13/2005 13:58:04 [ report this post ] | Not sure who said this: Message: If you don't mind losing, then I don't mind playing. |
| steveoz 8/14/2005 09:22:45 [ report this post ] | One liners Message: A similar comment, "Chess is too earnest for a game; too much of a game to be earnest about", is attributed to his grandson, the composer Felix Mendelssohn. |
| ccmcacollister 8/14/2005 20:30:31 [ report this post ] | bogg Message: But Waz and I thought it was funny :) ***************************** I really like that Tarrasch quote from matthew_romoser :)) Even better than Fischer's "I've never beaten a healthy opponent" ! |
| erdite 8/15/2005 13:35:48 [ report this post ] | Message: |
| gunnarsamuelsson 8/15/2005 17:00:14 [ report this post ] | some nice ones Message: -Seems a little harsch maybe, but a good 1 to remember b4 trying anything stupid. The overprotected point becomes a source of energy from which the overprocters can collect steam from! (me remembering Nimzowitschian idea.) -A useful idea some may find a little too much for their minds to swollow (we know Tarrasch critized Nimzos ideas) but when a weak point is overprotected it means freedom of movement for all the protectors and cant be all bad! If u cant see the fool around the table ur the fool! (poker wisdom) Try to remember and repeat the oneliners explaing all common tactical themes. This will really help your eyes, and give u ideas to create weaknesses. Overworked pieces, zugs,removing the defender,the pinned defender,weak backranks, doublethreats, Never believe in ghosts. (me) Always play the move u think is best, accept real gambits, if u think u can shop-lift a pawn unscattered do so! Anyone continuing to play rook down without any real comp. is a fool (Nimzowitsch) Time is of value use it to get inspiration not to waste time. Invite everyone to the party! (common way of making some1 embarassed) Dont think combinations, combinations flow from a superior position hence 1st think position. (me) Do not haste! When a farmer loses 1 pig hes heartbroken! When wife (beginner in chess)tries to comfort him he wont listen cause he knows that all the time and food the little bastard consumed, but mainly all the other neglected work at the farm may put him out of business. (me remembering great old Nimzo) Beware of natural moves! (Reti) Try to get really crazy sometimes in the ay u look at the game! (me again) Try to imagine the pawns as greek hoplites in the way their acting in front of the other troops. Some games reminds of real battles. Ive seen pig- bay 1962 for instance. |
| manutius 8/18/2005 03:59:49 [ report this post ] | My favourite Message: |
| cairo 8/18/2005 04:17:05 [ report this post ] | Who said: Message: Best wishes Cairo |
| os5213 8/21/2005 21:41:34 [ report this post ] | Message: An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he/she knows absolutely everything about nothing. |
| abiyaz_sicilian 8/28/2005 09:08:55 [ report this post ] | A Math One Message: |
| snakeplissken 8/30/2005 02:18:25 [ report this post ] | Message: |
| daverundle 9/13/2005 12:36:54 [ report this post ] | one liners Message: |
| daverundle 9/14/2005 04:37:51 [ report this post ] | one liners Message: |
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