Chess Quotes

A bad day of Chess is better than any good day at work.
** Anonymous **
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A bad plan is better than none at all.
** Frank Marshall **
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A Chess game is a dialogue, a conversation between a player and his opponent. Each move by the opponent may contain threats or be a blunder, but a player cannot defend against threats or take advantage of blunders if he does not first ask himself: What is my opponent planning after each move?
** Bruce A. Moon **
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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 **
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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!
** Anonymous **
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A computer beat me in chess, but it was no match when it came to kickboxing.
** Comedian Emo Philips **
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A good player is always lucky.
 ** Jose Raul Capablanca **
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A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.
** Rudolph Spielmann **
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A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history and one which we cannot impress forcibly enough upon the young chess player. A beginner should avoid Queen's Gambit and French Defence and play open games instead! While he may not win as many games at first, he will in the long run be amply compensated by acquiring a thorough knowledge of the game.
** Richard Reti **
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A man that will take back a move at Chess will pick a pocket.
** Richard Fenton **
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A Passed Pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.
** Capablanca **
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A player surprised is half beaten.
** Proverb **
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A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.
** Wilhelm Steinitz **
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A sensation, hidden in the depths of my emotional memory, was suddenly revived: what if... What if for me The Variation is not dead? If The Variation is alive?!
** Lev Polugayevsky **
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A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player.
** Bobby Fischer **
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