Chess quotes

" A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing."...Emo Philips

Checkmate. Oops.

- me, more than once

"Why must I lose to this idiot?"

Nimzovitch screaming while standing on the table at a tourney.

"Chess is useless waste of time"

My wife

"Chess is too abstract to be a science, too unforgiving to be a game,
too violent to be an art, and too inactive to be a sport."


-An Easygoing RHP Member (we all know and love).

"no it isn't it's a brilliant waste of time"

Me

i played a game of chess one day,
i lost az usual, i'm sorry to say...
but i fixed him good, afore he left,
i stuck my bubblegum, to hiz chess set...


rookie

nigel short said that sometimes he feels that chess is too sedentary and that he should
go for a 5-mile jog , but that whenever that happens he just lies down
till the feeling goes away
.

Originally posted by divegeester
"Chess is useless waste of time"

My wife

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"Chess is too abstract to be a science, too unforgiving to be a game,
too violent to be an art, and too inactive to be a sport."


-An Easygoing RHP Member (we all know and love).

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"Chess is too abstract to be a science, too unforgiving to be a game, too violent to be an art, and too

inactive to be a sport and yet it can be one or all during a game." (Revised by aspviper, 1 Aug '09)

"I don't think it's too unforgiving too be a game." -daniel58




While I respect you, your presence, your enthusiasm and viewpoints... your appreciations appear limited.

One blunder move by a chess player against a worthy opponent (or brain surgeon) and it's autopsy time.


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"Chess is too abstract to be a science, too unforgiving to be a game, too violent to be an art, and too

inactive to be a sport and yet it can be one or all during a game." (Revised by aspviper, 1 Aug '09)



"...inactive to be a sport..." and, maybe, too genteel to be war.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"I don't think it's too unforgiving too be a game." -daniel58




While I respect you, your presence, your enthusiasm and viewpoints... your appreciations appear limited.

One wrong move by a chess player against a worthy opponent (or brain surgeon) and it's autopsy time.


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"Chess is too abstract to be a science, ...[text shortened]... r, 1 Aug '09)



"...inactive to be a sport..." and, maybe, too genteel to be war.

Originally posted by daniel58
"I like chess" -Daniel58

George Bernard Shaw:

"Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time. "