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Posted by taufiq creativejoomladesign.com 4/07/2008 14:09:58 Play online chess	Subject: Quotes Message: Maybe starting a topic where we all can type some chess-quotes from famous players ? In particular, I'm searcing a quote about some guy who was talking about playing against God.. He would win with white, but draw with black, or something like that ? I thought it was Fischer who said something like that, but I can't find it anywhere.. “Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack” (Wilhelm Steinitz) “The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake” (Savielly Tartakover)
Posted by muppyman creativejoomladesign.com 4/07/2008 15:09:35 Play online chess	not Fischer, Message: It was, I believe, one of the older masters, possibly Chigorin or someone like that, and I think he said words like "Not even God could give me the odds of pawn and move, and expect to beat me"
Posted by chessnovice creativejoomladesign.com 4/07/2008 16:39:36 Play online chess	... Message: My favorite has always been Steinitz' line: "The refutation of a gambit frequently lies in its acceptance." ——— On Chess: Is struggling Anand looking ahead? — Recent months havenâ€™t been kind to reigning world chess champion Viswanathan Anand, who posted mediocre results in three consecutive chess tournaments. His last effort â€” the London Chess Classic, in which he scored six draws, one loss and just one win â€” was, in his words and by his standards, â€œa disasterâ€ not befitting the status of world chess champion. No doubt he was distracted, in part, by preparations for an upcoming May title defense against Boris Gelfand in Moscowâ€™s renowned Tretyakov art gallery â€” a venue that Anand hopes will inspire â€œ beautiful and artistic chess.â€ Based on their past performances in hundreds of games, Anand is an almost a 3-to-2 favorite to win the 12-game match. He also has ...
Posted by steverand67 creativejoomladesign.com 4/07/2008 19:15:23 Play online chess	One of Fischer's quotes... Message: "I like the moment when I break a man's ego." -RJF ——— Chess: The Year in Review — Chess again crossed paths with politics in 2011, with the most remarkable moment occurring in Tripoli, Libya, during the NATO bombing campaign against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the World Chess Federation president, flew to Libya in June and played Qaddafi. Ilyumzhinov had known the Libyan leader since at least 2004, and there was speculation that he was on a mission to try to end the war. The game ended in a draw, but the war continued. (Tripoli fell to the rebels two months later, and Qaddafi was killed in October.) Politics also shadowed an achievement by Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, an Iranian chess grandmaster who set a record in February by playing 614 people at ...
Posted by ionadowman creativejoomladesign.com 4/07/2008 21:14:38 Play online chess	This is a little more modest... Message: ... but not much: "When I have the White pieces, I win because I have the White pieces; when I have the Black pieces, I win because I am Bogolyubov". (E. Bogolyubov). "A gambit is an opening in which you sacrifice material for the sake of getting a lost game" (S. Tarrasch, I think). "The mistakes are all there, just waiting to be made!" (S. Tartakower). "I welcome the opportunity once more of becoming ex-World Champion" Mikhail Tal, upon winning the World Blitz Championship in the early 1980s. ——— Marc Lang catches the eye by breaking world blindfold record — When Miguel Najdorf played 45 chess games simultaneously blindfold in SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil, in 1947 the exhibition took over 23 hours, including an interval for Najdorf to change his perspiration-soaked shirt and rest his eyes. Later the Hungarian Janos Flesch played 52 games without sight of the board, but his claim unravelled because many opponents resigned after a few moves, and it seemed that Najdorf's performance would never be approached. But last month a little-known 41-year-old 2300-rated German chess master, Marc Lang, toppled the record with 46 games in 21 hours. In previous years Lang set a German record, then broke George Koltanowski's historic European mark of 34 games played at ...
Posted by heinzkat creativejoomladesign.com 4/08/2008 00:47:27 Play online chess	taufiq Message: Topalov said: "If you don't make a mistake, no one can beat you, not even God. It would have to be a draw." ——— The World Chess Hall of Fame — The World Chess Hall of Fame celebrated the 10th anniversary this month in a new location in St. Louis, Missouri. The history of the Hall and portraits of inducted chess players are available on the impressive web site. When it first opened in Miami in December 2001, I was inducted there together with five great chess players: the unofficial world chess champion Paul Morphy (1837-1884) and the official ones such as William Steinitz (1836-1900), Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941), JosÃ© RaÃºl Capablanca (1888-1942) and Robert James Fischer (1943-2008). I shared the same birth city, Prague, with Steinitz and as fate would have it, we both ended up in America. "The decision of Lubomir Kavalek not to return home from a foreign chess ...
Posted by chessnovice creativejoomladesign.com 4/08/2008 01:51:50 Play online chess	muppyman Message: I think Steinitz was the one who offered God the pawn and move handicap. I'm not sure how the story goes, whether Steinitz offered or actually managed to play (through an invisible telephone line) against God. But needless to say, Steinitz wasn't in the best mental shape near the end of his life. ——— 2011 Year in Review — And what a year it has been! 2011 started with St. Louisâ€™ own Hikaru Nakamura winning the 2011 Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Holland, against the worldâ€™s best chess players. It was the biggest tournament victory for an American since Bobby Fischer, and his performance catapulted him to No. 7 in the world chess rankings. Although he has experienced some ups and downs this year, Hikaru is currently holding onto the No. 10 spot in the world and is looking forward to an exciting 2012. World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, who turned 21 in December, proved he is worthy of his top spot as he turned in solid performance after solid performance all year. He is steadily climbing toward Gary Kasparovâ€™s peak rating of 2851 and ...
Posted by taufiq creativejoomladesign.com 4/08/2008 04:36:51 Play online chess	God Message: No, the quote I'm talking about was something like: "if I would play God with white, I would win; if I had black, it should become a draw".. (or something like that). I know I've read it in someone's profile here on Gameknot.. Thanks for your willing to help me folks ! Let's keep those quotes coming ! :)
Posted by juanvaldezmyhero creativejoomladesign.com 4/08/2008 05:16:56 Play online chess	Bruce Moon Message: Adequate compensation for a sacrifice is having a sound combination leading to a winning position; adequate compensation for a blunder is having your opponent snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
Posted by taufiq creativejoomladesign.com 4/08/2008 05:36:54 Play online chess	Found it ! Message: Hans Ree vraagt Fischer hoe hij tegen God zou spelen. Hij antwoordt: Met zwart zou ik geen schijn van kans tegen Hem maken, maar met wit speel ik gewoon Spaans. Dat is zo'n uitgebalanceerde opening. Dan maakt Hij me niets. Maar misschien speelt Hij wel Siciliaans. Dan speel ik toch de variant met loper c4. Daarmee moet ik remise kunnen maken. --> Hans Ree asks Fischer how he would play God. Fischer answers: "With black, I wouldn't make a chance to Him, but with white I just play the Ruy Lopez (Spanish). That's a balanced opening; then He can't touch me. But maybe He plays Sicilian. Then I would play the Bishop c4-variant. With that, it should be a draw". :)
Posted by sorceress_queen creativejoomladesign.com 4/08/2008 06:55:45 Play online chess	,, Message: This not a chess quote, but as some GM explained how they will do facing God in a chessboard, what about facing a deceased GM? :)) www.winner.com.py The article is in spanish and the author is GM Franco Ocampo, Zenon I think that, if googling a bit, someone can post a reference in english, but this one is really very good! Maybe it should be posted elsewhere?
Posted by wschmidt creativejoomladesign.com 4/08/2008 11:50:30 Play online chess	My favorite: Message: Bent Larsen was once asked: “How do you get better at chess?” He responded: “First you learn one thing really well. Then you learn something else really well. Then you go on to something else. Pretty soon you know a lot.”
Posted by ionadowman creativejoomladesign.com 4/08/2008 13:31:08 Play online chess	For losers everywhere... Message: ... and we are all losers at one time or another... "Why must I lose to this idiot??" (attributed to Aron Nimzovitch) "I'm not valiant neither, but every puny whipster gets my sword" (Bill Shakespeare, "Othello") - suggested (tongue in cheek) by chess author Martin Beheim as one way to put down your victorious opponent. Not that I would recommend such behaviour at all... No, no, not I... ;-) Cheers... Ion
Posted by ccmcacollister creativejoomladesign.com 4/10/2008 20:34:39 Play online chess	Some "Quoted" or 'Para-phrased' ... Message: I really like the Quote from Bent Larsen, wschmidt and had not heard it before. * Another very famous Fischer Quote was to the effect, 'I can give Knight odds to any woman in the world & win' Incidentally, one of the Polgar sisters, whom he was friends with, asked him if that still held true ...where upon he was said to have admitted that it may no longer be the case :) *** From Interview With A Grandmaster; WC/GM Alexander Khalifman who learned Chess @ 6, speaking about his Chess background: ...................................................................... "Well, I guess that I'm no Capablanca, even though my father plays chess better than Capa's father did." ****************
Posted by taufiq creativejoomladesign.com 4/14/2008 00:00:23 Play online chess	From Gameknot's people: Message: chessnovice : "A King's Gambit without Nf3 is like a fish without water." A nice quote ! :)
Posted by cairo creativejoomladesign.com 4/14/2008 09:39:23 Play online chess	Bent Larsen Message: also said: Correspondence chess is not a battle between books, (before the days of databases) but a battle between critical readers! My King is walking! (Aaron Nimzowitsch) Pawns is the soul of the game! (Philidor) A Kingdom for a horse........ ups sorry that is not chess- is it :-)) Best wishes Cairo
Posted by heinzkat creativejoomladesign.com 4/19/2008 12:57:28 Play online chess	Message: "I cannot fail the friendly Bulgarian GMs who have bestowed their hard-earned expertise upon me." - Fred McGriff gameknot.com
Posted by caro-kann creativejoomladesign.com 4/19/2008 17:26:46 Play online chess	Message: It is always better to sacrifice your opponent's men (Savielly Tartakower) (On the intro to my Chessmaster II game)
Posted by swapov creativejoomladesign.com 4/19/2008 20:27:49 Play online chess	A wildly exciting quote!! Message: "Chess is a draw." - Kasparov
Posted by ionadowman creativejoomladesign.com 4/20/2008 13:44:25 Play online chess	The following... Message: ... is one I that I can't place the authorship of. James Mason, maybe? "Place the chesspieces in their box, shake vigorously, tip the pieces over the board from the height of two feet, and there you have the style of Steinitz." This same James Mason attended a lecture given by Steinitz at which the speaker gave vent to some controversial remarks on the chess of Paul Morphy. In the transports of oratory, Steinitz derided Morphy's habit of castling early - of tucking his king, in apparently cowardly fashion, safely in a corner. Quoth Mason: "Sound's like a good idea, to me." Cheers, Ion
Posted by taufiq creativejoomladesign.com 4/30/2008 03:55:06 Play online chess	Also a nice one ! Message: "Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake." Savielly Grigorievitcyh Tartakower (1887-1956)
Posted by sodiumattack creativejoomladesign.com 5/03/2008 01:47:29 Play online chess	Mikhail Tal (1936-1992) Message: Some sacrifices are sound, the rest are mine.
Posted by cairo creativejoomladesign.com 5/04/2008 00:55:46 Play online chess	And Message: The threat is mightier than the execution Aaron Nimzowitsch. Best wishes Cairo
Posted by marinvukusic creativejoomladesign.com 5/18/2008 22:14:16 Play online chess	Should be a chess quote Message: "Now remember, things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is." - The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Applies to OTB chess :)
Posted by spurtus creativejoomladesign.com 5/19/2008 12:06:58 Play online chess	Message: 'use it or lose it' - universal quote.
Posted by ionadowman creativejoomladesign.com 5/21/2008 14:13:04 Play online chess	Savielly Tartakower... Message: ... was always good for a "bon mot". Here's one that sums up nicely the game of Chess: "The mistakes are all there, just waiting to be made." Cheers, Ion
Posted by ccmcacollister creativejoomladesign.com 5/21/2008 18:30:29 Play online chess	How about this one ... Message: Was it Michaelangelo or Da Vinci that said something about the statue is already there, I just uncover it? When I put that together with Tartakower, I get: The mistakes are already there in the board, waiting for me to chip away the extra wood ... The art is already in the board ... naw ...waiting for me to chip away my defensive resources ... Well I am getting there * "There is Nothing New in Chess; Tartakower's mistakes are all there waiting to be re-discovered ..." "um .... by me! Or You! So maybe you better go hypermodern !? Then you can do Fischer mistakes too ... " * Finally, "If you aspire to repeat the mistakes of the Masters', first you must be able to see them" uh ... "or find an opponent who will see them! ".... ...or buy Chessmaster program" *** I can see this is getting on the track. }8-) Thanks Sputus, you reminded me of one! ... "No Pain, No Gain"
Posted by chessnovice creativejoomladesign.com 5/22/2008 05:58:23 Play online chess	ccmcacollister Message: I think it was Michaelangelo, about his statue of David.
Posted by ionadowman creativejoomladesign.com 5/22/2008 14:19:07 Play online chess	Yes... Message: ... although it might have been his statue of Moses. If it was David, Michaelangelo, when asked how he achieved his creation is said to have responded: "I just removed the bits that weren't David." There you go. So, when you brag about your latest victory: "I just played the moves that didn't lose". Beats the hell out of saying some nonsense like: "I just played the moves each time that satisfied the needs of the position." More snappy. Cheers, Ion