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Posted by taufiq austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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." ——— A tragic knight — The London Chess Classic, a fabulously organized eight-player elite tournament, shaped up as a confrontation between two great chess grandmasters, the top-rated Magnus Carlsen of Norway and the former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. By the luck of draw, they met in the first round, and Carlsen won. The Norwegian GM was still in a clear lead on Sunday with four points in five rounds, a full point ahead of Kramnik. U.S. chess champion Hikaru Nakamura drew four games and lost one. The tournament concludes Tuesday. The Carlsen-Kramnik duel looked like a perfectly played game by the Norwegian, who took advantage of Kramnik's stranded knight. "If one piece is ...
Posted by steverand67 austinfilmfestival.org 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 ——— A Game Lasts 163 Moves, and That's Not Even a Record — Chess professionals are conditioned to games that take four to five hours and last about 50 moves, but occasionally play lasts much longer and the contest becomes a war of attrition. That is what happened between Nigel Short and Luke McShane of England in the first round of the London Chess Classic, which started on Tuesday. McShane, who had White, got a tiny advantage out of the opening, but Short defended well, and after 60 moves it seemed as if the game would end in a draw. But McShane, 25, persisted and Short, 44, was forced to continue to defend. It took McShane seven hours, and 163 moves, but he finally broke Short and forced him to resign. That ...
Posted by ionadowman austinfilmfestival.org 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. ——— Soviet training methods still reign in the chess world — Two decades after the USSR broke up, Soviet training methods remain potent at the chess board. When the field of 128 was reduced to the quarter-finals in the current World Chess Cup, all eight grandmasters remaining had their education from Soviet coaches. The final four-game match now in progress to decide who qualifies for the 2010 candidates is between Ukraine's Ruslan Ponomariov, who won the 2002 World Cup as a teenager, and Boris Gelfand, the 41-year-old top seed. In the semi-finals Ponomariov beat Vlad Malakhov 4-2 while Gelfand eliminated Sergey Karjakin 2-0. In both the semi-final and in the game below the Israeli chess veteran defeated ...
Posted by heinzkat austinfilmfestival.org 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." ——— Bennett and King on chess: Carlsen-Nakamura, BNbank Blitz, 2009 — The London Chess Classic, the strongest chess tournament to be held in this country for 25 years, begins today at Olympia. Magnus Carlsen, the brilliant 19-year-old Norwegian, is one of the favourites, but he was dealt a psychological blow when he lost to one of the other participants, US chess champion Hikaru Nakamura, in a blitz tournament in Oslo 10 days ago. Carlsen played the classier chess, but Nakamura proved to be the better hustler. This was the game that turned the match around. Carlsen is threatening to queen the pawn, but Nakamura, with just a few seconds on his clock, found a win. RB: One of the first chess books I owned was Practical Chess Endings by ...
Posted by chessnovice austinfilmfestival.org 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. ——— Itâ€™s Gelfand vs. Ponomariov for the World Chess Cup — Boris Gelfand of Israel and Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine will meet in the final of the World Chess Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. Gelfand easily beat Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in the semifinals, winning his match 2 to 0, while Ponomariov outlasted Vladimir Malakhov of Russia in a playoff to grab the other final spot. Ponomariov actually fell behind in the tie-breaker, losing the first game, but he then came back to win the last three. Gelfand and Ponomariov were more experienced than their semifinal opponents, so their victories were not really a surprise. In fact, at the start of the World Chess Cup, the two were clearly among the favorites. Gelfand was the No. 1 seed, while ...
Posted by taufiq austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 4/19/2008 20:27:49 Play online chess	A wildly exciting quote!! Message: "Chess is a draw." - Kasparov
Posted by ionadowman austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 5/19/2008 12:06:58 Play online chess	Message: 'use it or lose it' - universal quote.
Posted by ionadowman austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 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 austinfilmfestival.org 5/22/2008 05:58:23 Play online chess	ccmcacollister Message: I think it was Michaelangelo, about his statue of David.
Posted by ionadowman austinfilmfestival.org 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