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| From | Message | Posted by wolstoncroft1
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12/14/2005
16:38:19
Play online chess |  Subject: Chess Quotes
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Anyone have any funny or otherwise interesting chess quotes? Here is one i found that i couldnt help but laugh at.
A computer beat me in chess, but it was no match when it came to kickboxing"
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| Posted by wolstoncroft1
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12/14/2005
16:48:58
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“A bad day of Chess is better than any good day at work”
(Anonymous)
“Why must I lose to this idiot?”
(Aron Nimzovich)
“A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope
you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an
advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!”
(Savielly Tartakower)
| Posted by i_play_slowly
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12/14/2005
17:28:31
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"Whenever you have to make a rook move and both rooks are available for said move - you should evaluate which rook to move and, once you have made up your mind... MOVE THE OTHER ONE!!!"--GM Oscar Panno
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"Das Schach ist nur durch die Fehler existenzberechtigt" (The existence of chess can only be justified by the necessity of making errors) – Tartakower.
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World Chess Champions Crowned, at Youth Tournament — Where are the future stars of chess? They may have been at the World Youth Championships in Halkidiki, Greece, which ended Saturday. The chess championships are held every year and are divided into six age brackets, from those who are under 8 to those who turn 18 this year. There are open sections and sections for girls only. The tournament’s origins go back to the 1970s to the cadet championships, which were in one section for players under 18. Gradually the tournament expanded, adding a section for chess players under the age of 14 in 1979, for under 16 in 1981, for under 12 and under 10 in 1986, and for under 8 in 2006. Over the years, winners of world youth championships have ...
Posted by ionadowman
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12/15/2005
01:09:54
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...well this is more a story from Martin Beheim's "Chess with the Masters", and is an illustration of the correct sporting attitude chess players ought to adopt. A certain Burletzki, a much-feared coffee-house player challenged a Master, one Kohnlein, to a match in 1908. Let Beheim continue the story. "Burletzki entered the fray with much confidence and a boosted ego, but Kohnlein won the first game. Burletzki said: 'I made a stupid mistake.'
"Kohnlein won the second game. Burletzki: 'One can't win every game.'
"Kohnlein won the third game. Burletzki: 'I'm not in form today.'
"Kohnlein won the fourth game. Burletzki: 'He's not a bad player.'
"Kohnlein won the fifth game. Burletzki: 'I've underestimated the man.'
"Kohnlein won the sixth game. Burletzki: 'I believe the man's my equal.' "
:-)
Ion
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Revenge at Cap d’Agde: Ivanchuk Beats Nakamura — It took two years, but Vassily Ivanchuk got his revenge. Ivanchuk, a Ukrainian chess grandmaster, lost the final of the 2008 Cap d’Agde Rapid tournament to Hikaru Nakamura of the United States. Sunday, both players were again in the final and this time Ivanchuk won. Ivanchuk was definitely playing better even before the final. In his semifinal match against Bu Xiangzhi of China, Ivanchuk won both games, while Nakamura struggled against Le Quang Liem of Vietnam. Le Quang won the first game of the semifinal and Nakamura had to come back and win the second game to force a playoff. In the playoff, he won both games. The final games were entertaining and a bit strange. In the first, Ivanchuk, who ...
Posted by wolstoncroft1
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12/15/2005
11:39:34
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lol... very funny
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Chess World of Karpov and Kasparov — Standing next to each other, side by side, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov made a last minute effort to sway the FIDE elections their way. One day before the vote, during the press conference in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansyisk, they were trying to explain how they will change the chess world. Karpov was running for the FIDE presidency and Kasparov supported him. They still had a small chance to win. In the last six month they criscrossed the world, talking about the wonderful game of chess and what could be done to make it more popular. The next day, Sept. 29, the FIDE delegates re-elected Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who promptly announced that he defeated two world chess champions. What ...
Posted by juve_leo
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12/15/2005
11:44:17
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That quote reminds me of something i was taught to to when playing OTB. When losing to a player i was told to get up knock all the pieces off the board and say "I'm to good to lose to an idiot like you"
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Plenty of Fighting Spirit on Final Day of Pearl Spring — Magnus Carlsen of Norway had already clinched first place at the Pearl Spring chess tournament in Nanjing, China, but there was still a lot to play for, so all the games on the final day were hard-fought and two of them were decisive. The most important game of the day, in terms of the standings and the prize money, was between Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, and Etienne Bacrot of France. They were tied for second place. Anand had White and opened with his d pawn. Bacrot used the Nimo-Indian Defense and achieved a solid position out of the opening, though Anand had the bishop pair — a potentially long-term advantage. Bacrot began to play loosely, opening up his ...
Posted by daverundle
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12/16/2005
01:31:45
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Chess is the gymasium of the mind ( E Lasker)
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Chess: Magnus Carlsen snaps slump in China — Magnus Carlsen defeated three elite chess grandmasters to take the lead in the Pearl Spring double round robin in Nanjing, China. The Norwegian chess star scored 5-2 in the first seven rounds of the 10-game tournament. Carlsen had fallen to second in the world chess rankings because of poor performances in two recent events, but he has regained an estimated eight of the 24 rating points he lost. World chess champion Viswanathan Anand of India and French grandmaster Etienne Bacrot were Carlsen's closest rivals, with scores of 4-3. Bacrot upset Anand in the first cycle but lost the rematch. Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, who has not completely recovered from losing the 2010 world championship match against ...
Posted by ionadowman
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12/16/2005
02:01:13
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"Before the endgame, God has placed the middlegame", to which I'm inclined to add:
"...And before the middlegame, the Devil placed the opening."
:-/
Ion
| Posted by schnarre
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12/16/2005
13:34:41
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"Take care of the pawns, & the Queens will take care of themselves!"--Loyd
| Posted by gloomy_den
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12/16/2005
14:30:27
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"More pieces you exchange, less you expose" - my favourite while playing blitz.
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