Almighty Colin
03-13-2005, 08:46 AM
Garry Kasparov retired this week. While reading articles on Kasparov's announcement I ran across these chess quotes; or are they business quotes?
"Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may
bathe"
- Indian Proverb
"Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that
is the fault of life, not chess."
- Irving Chrenev
"Chess is mental torture."
- Garry Kasparov
"Chess is a curse upon man."
- H.G. Wells
"A good player is always lucky."
- J.R. Capablanca
"One bad move nullifies 40 good ones."
- Horowitz
"The hardest game to win is a won game."
- Emmanuel Lasker
"There just is'nt enough televised chess."
- David Letterman
"Some part of a mistake is always correct."
- S. Tartakower
"There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine."
- M. Tal
"You cannot play at chess if you are kind-hearted."
- French Proverb
"It is always better to sacrifice your opponents men."
- S. Tartakower
"When you see a good move -- wait -- look for another."
- Emmanuel Lasker
"Creating an undesired stalemate is the height of stupidity."
- Anonymous
"The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made."
- S. Tartakower
"I think it's almost definite that the game is drawn theoretically."
- R.J. Fischer
"A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play."
- Richard Reti
"Chess is 99% tactics."
- R. Teichmann
"A good sacrifice is not one that is necessarily sound, but leaves
your opponent dazed and confused."
- R. Spielmann
"Modern chess is too much concerned with things like pawn
structures. Forget it -- checkmate ends the game."
- N. Short
"A chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope
you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have
the advantage and the third...when you know you are going to
lose!"
- S. Tartakower
"The winner of the game is the one who makes the next to the
last mistake."
- S.Tartakower
"During a chess competition a chessmaster should be the
combination of a beast of prey and a monk."
- A Alekhine
"Excellence at chess is one mark of the scheming mind."
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Style? I have no style."
- Anatoly Karpov
"Why must I lose to this idiot?!"
- A. Nimzovich
"In chess at least, the brave inherit the earth."
- E. Mednis
"You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard but
that does not prove you are the better player."
- English Proverb
"Chess is a contest between men in which there is considerable
ego-involvement. In some way it certainly touches upon the
conflicts surrounding aggression, homosexuality, masturbation
and narcissism which becomes particularly prominent in the
anal-phallic phases of development."
- GM Reuben Fine
"When I'm white, I win because I am white. When I am black
I win because I am Bogulyubov."
- E. Bogulyubov
"I have never played the French defense in my life, which is the
dullest of all openings."
- W. Steinitz
"Nowadays, if you are not a GM by age 14, you can forget about
it."
- V. Anand
"Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
- W. Steinitz
"The profuse phallic symbolism of chess provides some fantasy
gratification for the homosexual, particularly the desire for mutual
masturbation."
- R. Fine
"Checkers is for tramps."
- Paul Morphy
"Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train in 1929."
- M. Botvinnik
"Chess and theatre often lead to madness."
- Arrabal
"In chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically
eliminated."
- Emmanuel Lasker
"If FIDE were to return to Karpov and Kasparov, it would mean
regress and a return to the past."
- K. Ilyumzhinov
"Chess is thriving. There are ever less round robin tournaments
ever more World Champions."
- Robert Hubner
"We must make sure that chess will not be like a dead language,
very interesting, but for a very small group."
- Sytze Faber
"Chess is everything - art, science and sport."
- A. Karpov
"Chess is life."
- R.J. Fischer
"Chess is the art of analysis."
- M. Botvinnik
"Chess is not for the timid souls."
- W. Steinitz
"Chess is a test of wills."
- P. Keres
"Chess is a fight."
- Em. Lasker
"Chess is not only knowledge and logic."
- A. Alekhine
"Chess is a beautiful mistress."
- B. Larsen
"Chess is a fighting game that is purely intellectual and excludes
chance."
- R. Reti
"Chess is an art."
- G. Kasparov
"Chess is life in miniature. Chess is battles, chess is struggles."
- G. Kasparov
"Chess is imagination."
- D. Bronstein
"Chess is the art of which expressed the science of logic."
- M. Tal
"Moral victories do not count."
- S. Tartakower
"The King is a strong piece. Use it."
- R. Fine
"He who takes the Queen's Knight's pawn will sleep in the streets!"
- Unknown
"On the Chessboard lies and hypocracy do not survive long.
The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie;
the merciless fact, culminating in a checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite."
- Lasker
" Not all artists may be chess players, but all chess players are artists. "
- Duchamp
"Chess is a creative process. Its purpose is to find the truth. To discover the truth, you must be uncompromising. You must be brave."
- Pandolfini
"Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability to organize their creative work."
- Botvinnink
"The older I grow, the more I value Pawns."
- Keres
For me, chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in one lifetime.
- Gufeld
"Weaknesses of character are normally shown in a game of chess"
- Kasparov
"No chess player sleeps well."
- H.G. Wells
"KIBITZER: One who gives good advice to your opponent."
- Soltis
"It takes a lot of work to become profficient at chess."
- Alex Trebec
"Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may
bathe"
- Indian Proverb
"Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that
is the fault of life, not chess."
- Irving Chrenev
"Chess is mental torture."
- Garry Kasparov
"Chess is a curse upon man."
- H.G. Wells
"A good player is always lucky."
- J.R. Capablanca
"One bad move nullifies 40 good ones."
- Horowitz
"The hardest game to win is a won game."
- Emmanuel Lasker
"There just is'nt enough televised chess."
- David Letterman
"Some part of a mistake is always correct."
- S. Tartakower
"There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine."
- M. Tal
"You cannot play at chess if you are kind-hearted."
- French Proverb
"It is always better to sacrifice your opponents men."
- S. Tartakower
"When you see a good move -- wait -- look for another."
- Emmanuel Lasker
"Creating an undesired stalemate is the height of stupidity."
- Anonymous
"The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made."
- S. Tartakower
"I think it's almost definite that the game is drawn theoretically."
- R.J. Fischer
"A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play."
- Richard Reti
"Chess is 99% tactics."
- R. Teichmann
"A good sacrifice is not one that is necessarily sound, but leaves
your opponent dazed and confused."
- R. Spielmann
"Modern chess is too much concerned with things like pawn
structures. Forget it -- checkmate ends the game."
- N. Short
"A chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope
you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have
the advantage and the third...when you know you are going to
lose!"
- S. Tartakower
"The winner of the game is the one who makes the next to the
last mistake."
- S.Tartakower
"During a chess competition a chessmaster should be the
combination of a beast of prey and a monk."
- A Alekhine
"Excellence at chess is one mark of the scheming mind."
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Style? I have no style."
- Anatoly Karpov
"Why must I lose to this idiot?!"
- A. Nimzovich
"In chess at least, the brave inherit the earth."
- E. Mednis
"You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard but
that does not prove you are the better player."
- English Proverb
"Chess is a contest between men in which there is considerable
ego-involvement. In some way it certainly touches upon the
conflicts surrounding aggression, homosexuality, masturbation
and narcissism which becomes particularly prominent in the
anal-phallic phases of development."
- GM Reuben Fine
"When I'm white, I win because I am white. When I am black
I win because I am Bogulyubov."
- E. Bogulyubov
"I have never played the French defense in my life, which is the
dullest of all openings."
- W. Steinitz
"Nowadays, if you are not a GM by age 14, you can forget about
it."
- V. Anand
"Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
- W. Steinitz
"The profuse phallic symbolism of chess provides some fantasy
gratification for the homosexual, particularly the desire for mutual
masturbation."
- R. Fine
"Checkers is for tramps."
- Paul Morphy
"Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train in 1929."
- M. Botvinnik
"Chess and theatre often lead to madness."
- Arrabal
"In chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically
eliminated."
- Emmanuel Lasker
"If FIDE were to return to Karpov and Kasparov, it would mean
regress and a return to the past."
- K. Ilyumzhinov
"Chess is thriving. There are ever less round robin tournaments
ever more World Champions."
- Robert Hubner
"We must make sure that chess will not be like a dead language,
very interesting, but for a very small group."
- Sytze Faber
"Chess is everything - art, science and sport."
- A. Karpov
"Chess is life."
- R.J. Fischer
"Chess is the art of analysis."
- M. Botvinnik
"Chess is not for the timid souls."
- W. Steinitz
"Chess is a test of wills."
- P. Keres
"Chess is a fight."
- Em. Lasker
"Chess is not only knowledge and logic."
- A. Alekhine
"Chess is a beautiful mistress."
- B. Larsen
"Chess is a fighting game that is purely intellectual and excludes
chance."
- R. Reti
"Chess is an art."
- G. Kasparov
"Chess is life in miniature. Chess is battles, chess is struggles."
- G. Kasparov
"Chess is imagination."
- D. Bronstein
"Chess is the art of which expressed the science of logic."
- M. Tal
"Moral victories do not count."
- S. Tartakower
"The King is a strong piece. Use it."
- R. Fine
"He who takes the Queen's Knight's pawn will sleep in the streets!"
- Unknown
"On the Chessboard lies and hypocracy do not survive long.
The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie;
the merciless fact, culminating in a checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite."
- Lasker
" Not all artists may be chess players, but all chess players are artists. "
- Duchamp
"Chess is a creative process. Its purpose is to find the truth. To discover the truth, you must be uncompromising. You must be brave."
- Pandolfini
"Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability to organize their creative work."
- Botvinnink
"The older I grow, the more I value Pawns."
- Keres
For me, chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in one lifetime.
- Gufeld
"Weaknesses of character are normally shown in a game of chess"
- Kasparov
"No chess player sleeps well."
- H.G. Wells
"KIBITZER: One who gives good advice to your opponent."
- Soltis
"It takes a lot of work to become profficient at chess."
- Alex Trebec