Chess Statement Investigation Society
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Guess Korchnoi thought Taimanov a patzer:
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He played it a few times subsequent to that as well IIRC.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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thanks, i would have never been able to find this otherwise.Nick Burrows wrote:In Kindermans book on the Leningrad he gives the following quotes:
"One of the openings against which both I and the majority of grandmasters are delighted to play" - Tigran Petrosian
"You can only play the Dutch against patzers...The only good thing about the Dutch is that it provokes your opponent into premature attacks. (or words to that effect)" - Victor Korchnoi
Roger thanks for the info
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did Nigel Short really say ""I am acutely conscious, from vast experience in opens, that guys around, say 2100 or more can definitely play chess and that one often has to work very hard to beat them."
its on lichess and quoted here like https://github.com/ornicar/lila/blob/ma ... uote.scala
its on lichess and quoted here like https://github.com/ornicar/lila/blob/ma ... uote.scala
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No idea, but it would be no surprise - you only need to see the British/sundry weekenders to see players mildly weaker than Short having to really work at it at times. Some fast wins, but far from all of them.
Especially if you slide it towards 2200 players or 2100 rated juniors etc.
Its the same with any sort of big grading gap - the stronger player does eventually get there nearly all the time, but it is often distinctly hard work!
Especially if you slide it towards 2200 players or 2100 rated juniors etc.
Its the same with any sort of big grading gap - the stronger player does eventually get there nearly all the time, but it is often distinctly hard work!
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I can't for the life of me see why any of this matters. I've probably said to someone that I always do well against the Caro-Kann. Doubtless famous people say similar things. Doubtless, like me, they didn't think it was a manifesto commitment.
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Yes!David Williams wrote:I can't for the life of me see why any of this matters. I've probably said to someone that I always do well against the Caro-Kann. Doubtless famous people say similar things. Doubtless, like me, they didn't think it was a manifesto commitment.
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Just to be sure, do you mean you don't understand why it matters if people are quoted as saying things they didn't say?David Williams wrote:I can't for the life of me see why any of this matters
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
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Sometimes it matters. Not remotely for any of this, though.JustinHorton wrote:Just to be sure, do you mean you don't understand why it matters if people are quoted as saying things they didn't say?David Williams wrote:I can't for the life of me see why any of this matters
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The internet is full of false and misattributed quotations. You know why? Because of people who think it doesn't matter.
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
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Maybe those people are right?JustinHorton wrote:The internet is full of false and misattributed quotations. You know why? Because of people who think it doesn't matter.
Lots of these "quotes" are just offhand comments of no great importance that are then immortalised by lesser chess players as if all words uttered by GM's are like zen koans that can unlock hidden playing strength.
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Maybe those people won't mind if things they haven't said start appearing all over the shop attributed to them.Nick Burrows wrote:Maybe those people are right?JustinHorton wrote:The internet is full of false and misattributed quotations. You know why? Because of people who think it doesn't matter.
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
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Edmund Burke wrote: The great advantage of attributing quotations to long-dead public figures is that they are no longer around to deny having made them.
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I'm sure Korchnoi & Petrosian turn in their graves when a non exact wording of something they once said about the Dutch defence is uttered.JustinHorton wrote: Maybe those people won't mind if things they haven't said start appearing all over the shop attributed to them.
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Maybe it might be more respectful to people in the graves not to make up stuff about them, mmm?
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com