23 Funny Chess Aphorisms
11.27.2011
Here is a collection of 23 funny chess aphorisms. It’s a continuation to the chess facts from the previous post, compliment to the chess jokes from the long time ago post and chess humor post. The first aphorism is: A brilliant combination had come to his mind, but didn’t find anyone there and left.
- He was in time trouble; he had 1/10 of a second left.
- If we say that we all learn from our own mistakes, that guy has unlimited improvement capabilities.
- Everybody can look at a chess position, but not many can see.
- He had a chess mind of a sprinter.
- One queen is good, but two is better.
- You don’t look at teeth of a given Knight.
- He said: When I’m checking my opponent, I’m fearless!
- Chess Problem: find the worst move (??)
- He was a famous chess player for a long time, but no one knew about it.
- He didn’t play chess, he played with chess.
- In the local chess club there was a portrait of Alekhine, who looked just like Capablanca, and a portrait of Capablancalooked like no one else.
- He was lefty and played well with white on the Queen’s side and with black on the King’s side.
- He had a good memory for bad openings and bad memory for good ones.
- Chess Problem: white takes back 40 moves and mate in 1.
- He attacks the opponent’s castled King, isolated weak pawns, but most importantly the opponent’s psychological state.
- Perpetual check feels like nothing else in a dead lost position.
- Isolated pawns require a very expensive therapy, for keeping them alive.
- Counter attack is never untimely.
- Material equal to ¾ of a pawn is also equivalent to about 3 tempis, which at the same time are identical to two weaker moves (by you).
- Mate is often exists with disagreement of the side to move.
- Why play 1.e2-e4 right away, when we can later, after long struggle and fighting play e3-e4 after 1.e2-e3?
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[quote name=”John Herron”]This is not a dream, it’s a knightmare![/quote]
Thumbs up for that! 😆
This is not a dream, it’s a knightmare!
[quote name=”Lynn Green”]She was only a chessmaster’s daughter, but she could never find her mate.[/quote]
That’s a good one! Thanks for sharing! 😆
She was only a chessmaster’s daughter, but she could never find her mate.