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| Posted by taufiq mailcafe.net 4/07/2008 14:09:58 Play online chess |  Subject: QuotesMessage: 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 mailcafe.net 4/07/2008 15:09:35 Play online chess | not Fischer, Message: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by chessnovice mailcafe.net 4/07/2008 16:39:36 Play online chess | ... Message: "The refutation of a gambit frequently lies in its acceptance." ——— Dortmund Begins — The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting (an odd name, to be sure) began Thursday in Dortmund. Though the chess tournament is not at the level of Linares or Corus, it still attracts top players, notably Vladimir Kramnik, the former world chess champion from Russia. Kramnik has been associated with Dortmund, as the chess event is often referred to, for many years because he has won the tournament nine times, far more than any other. He first won it in 1995 and is the defending champion this year. The tournament is a double-round robin this year, meaning each competitor plays all the others twice, once with each color. In addition to Kramnik, the No. 4 chess player in the world, the field includes ... Posted by steverand67 | mailcafe.net 4/07/2008 19:15:23 Play online chess One of Fischer's quotes...Message: -RJF ——— Zhao and Zatonskih Lead Chess Championships — Anna Zatonskih, the defending chess champion, took the lead of the U.S. Women’s Championship on Wednesday, while Parker Zhao, the ninth seed, solidified his grip on the U.S. Junior Championship. The two chess tournaments are being held concurrently at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Zatonskih had shared the lead for the last few rounds with Irina Krush, the top seed. But in Round 5 on Wednesday, Zatonskih beat Iryna Zenyuk, while Krush only drew against Camilla Baginskaite. Zatonskih now leads with 4.5 points, while Krush and Tatev Abrahamyan, who beat Abby Marshall on Wednesday, have 4 each. In the junior championship, Zhao, who ... Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 4/07/2008 21:14:38 Play online chess This is a little more modest...Message: "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. ——— A Chess Odyssey — One single square can make a big difference in a chess game. It helped me to launch one of my longest combinations against Anatoly Karpov in Caracas 40 years ago. It was a memorable chess tournament for both of us. Karpov arrived in Venezuela as the reigning world junior champion. He played well enough in Caracas to become the world's youngest chess grandmaster at that time, at age 19, and his brilliant career began to take shape. In 1971 in Moscow, he clinched the first major tournament victory, sharing first place with the three-time Soviet champion Leonid Stein at the prestigious Alekhine Memorial tournament. In 1975 he was crowned the world chess champion. This year ... Posted by heinzkat | mailcafe.net 4/08/2008 00:47:27 Play online chess taufiqMessage: "If you don't make a mistake, no one can beat you, not even God. It would have to be a draw." ——— Fast Pace Continues at Two U.S. Chess Championships — The top two seeds in the U.S. Women’s Chess Championship could make no headway against each other and drew their Round 3 game on Monday. But their two nearest competitors lost, so Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih now lead the chess tournament by half a point over Tatev Abrahamyan, Alisa Melekhina (who lost to Abrahamyan on Monday) and Iryna Zenyuk, who lost on Monday to Beatriz Marinello. In the U.S. Junior Chess Championship, which is being held concurrently at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, Warren Harper, the seventh seed, is the surprising leader after three rounds with a perfect score. His play so far has been stellar and on Monday he demolished his ... Posted by chessnovice | mailcafe.net 4/08/2008 01:51:50 Play online chess muppymanMessage: ——— Anatoly Karpov out for a fight — Anatoly Karpov and some supporting chess federations have filed a lawsuit against FIDE in the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. Karpov's lawyers, White & Case, are a global firm based in Manhattan. They seek nothing less than the disqualification of the incumbent FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov who is standing for a fifth term. The rules demand that at least one member of a Presidential ticket be female and Ilyumzhinov's choice is American WIM Beatriz Marinello. Supporting documents indicate Ms Marinello was not nominated by the US Chess Federation but by her native Chile and Brazil. Karpov contends she is not even a member of either chess federation. Karpov's lawyers also ... Posted by taufiq | mailcafe.net 4/08/2008 04:36:51 Play online chess GodMessage: (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 | mailcafe.net 4/08/2008 05:16:56 Play online chess Bruce MoonMessage: having your opponent snatch defeat from the jaws of victory Posted by taufiq | mailcafe.net 4/08/2008 05:36:54 Play online chess Found it !Message: 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 | mailcafe.net 4/08/2008 06:55:45 Play online chess ,,Message:  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 | mailcafe.net 4/08/2008 11:50:30 Play online chess My favorite: Message: Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 4/08/2008 13:31:08 Play online chess For losers everywhere...Message: "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 | mailcafe.net 4/10/2008 20:34:39 Play online chess Some "Quoted" or 'Para-phrased' ... Message: *** 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 | mailcafe.net 4/14/2008 00:00:23 Play online chess From Gameknot's people:Message: A nice quote ! :) Posted by cairo | mailcafe.net 4/14/2008 09:39:23 Play online chess Bent Larsen Message: 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 | mailcafe.net 4/19/2008 12:57:28 Play online chess Message: - Fred McGriff gameknot.com Posted by caro-kann | mailcafe.net 4/19/2008 17:26:46 Play online chess Message: (On the intro to my Chessmaster II game) Posted by swapov | mailcafe.net 4/19/2008 20:27:49 Play online chess A wildly exciting quote!!Message: Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 4/20/2008 13:44:25 Play online chess The following...Message: "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 | mailcafe.net 4/30/2008 03:55:06 Play online chess Also a nice one !Message: the next-to-last mistake." Savielly Grigorievitcyh Tartakower (1887-1956) Posted by sodiumattack | mailcafe.net 5/03/2008 01:47:29 Play online chess Mikhail Tal (1936-1992)Message: Posted by cairo | mailcafe.net 5/04/2008 00:55:46 Play online chess And Message: Best wishes Cairo Posted by marinvukusic | mailcafe.net 5/18/2008 22:14:16 Play online chess Should be a chess quoteMessage: - The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Applies to OTB chess :) Posted by spurtus | mailcafe.net 5/19/2008 12:06:58 Play online chess Message: Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 5/21/2008 14:13:04 Play online chess Savielly Tartakower... Message: "The mistakes are all there, just waiting to be made." Cheers, Ion Posted by ccmcacollister | mailcafe.net 5/21/2008 18:30:29 Play online chess How about this one ... Message: 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 | mailcafe.net 5/22/2008 05:58:23 Play online chess ccmcacollisterMessage: Posted by ionadowman | mailcafe.net 5/22/2008 14:19:07 Play online chess Yes...Message: 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 |