02 May 07
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Originally posted by bulbIt was adapted to chess, something along the lines of a loss will teach you as much as a thousand victories. I always thought Tartakower was quite witty.
"The future depends on what we do in the present"
- Mahatma Gandhi
"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles"
- Buddha
I'm not sure if either one plays chess though 🙂
“It's always better to sacrifice your opponent's men”
(Savielly Tartakover)
"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
02 May 07
Originally posted by FleabittenI liked Tarrasch's quote after losing the world championship match against Lasker when he was asked how he had lost when he knows all the rules of chess:
"Intuition is the tsarina of the chess board."- Garry Kasparov
"Chess, like music, has the power to make men happy."- Tarrasch (I think)
"Ah yes but Herr Lasker knows all the exceptions."
02 May 07
Originally posted by Rene-ClaudeTo give the full quote.
"Chess, like music, has the power to make men happy."- Tarrasch (I think)
"Chess, like love, like music has the power to make men happy"
I always thought he should have added, "and also very sad".
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"Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness; therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest one - of human existence. It is not everyone who can write a play, or build a bridge, or even make a good joke. But in chess everyone can, everyone must, be intellectually productive, and so can share in this select delight. I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man who has remained ignorant of love. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy."
Siegbert Tarrasch
02 May 07
A nice little anecdote;
One of Blackburne's opponents in a simultaneous display ordered a pick-me-up. The next time Blackburne arrived at that board, he picked up the glass and drained it. Asked afterwards how he had managed to win that game so quickly, he said, "My opponent left a glass of whisky 'en prise' and I took it 'en passant'. That little mistake wrecked his game!"
A man after my own heart.
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