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Greetings Fellow Pawn Pushers !

Does anyone else ever get burdened down with your current game-load moves/plans/strategies, etc. [on top of balancing life's daily struggles],
and have difficulty staying focused between your games, and life in general .... ? Or maybe I'm the only one .....? ? ?

Have you ever looked at a vehicle's license number, which happened to start with B4, and think to yourself .... I would never play that "Polish Sokolsky" ....?

Well for me, sometimes I find that
reading Chess Quotes helps to get my mind/spirit re-charged .....
which is why I started this thread.

I'm curious to know, what Chess Quotes inspire and/or give your brain a break and help to re-charge your spirit ....? ? ? ? ?

Here's one of my favorite quotes from Dan Heisman, which I first read from his "Novice Nook" column at The Chess Cafe, many years ago .........

" In chess you fail not if you lose, but if you play a game and don't learn, or learn something and don't apply what you learned next time, CONTINUING TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES. The outcome of any individual game is fairly irrelevant in the greater sense of learning if your goal is to improve. Sure, there are some important games to win, and if you can win and learn, all the better ; but if you start out as a weak player and want to get strong .....
LEARNING and APPLYING is What It's All About."

What is Your Favorite Chess Quote .....???????

Good to see you again, Abiodun!

For chess quotes, I think Tartakower has some of the classics!

One of my fovourites is:

"The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing."

Another couple of them would be:

"The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made."

And for a player with a horrible memory for dozens of opening variations the following one certainly applies sometimes!

"It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of "variations"."

More Tartakower:

"Dubious, therefore playable."
"Obvious, therefore dubious."

...And a few from Nimzowitsch, just for variety!

"First restrain, next blockade, lastly destroy."

"The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures such as police surveillance are not sufficient"

"In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors."

"The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures such as police surveillance are not sufficient"

Hey Cliff, My Bud !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This particular quote THAT YOU SHARED,
means Soooooooo Much To ME !!!!!!

Yes Sir !!!!!!

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

- Siegbert Tarrasch

Here's another few for good measure!

“Some part of a mistake is always correct”
Tartakover)

“It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men”
( also Tartakover)

God, Tartakower was great for quotes, wasn't he?