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... .
My only complaint (aside from the hideous cover) is that the tirade against FIDE is spread over several articles and becomes somewhat repetitious.
Some quotes:
Black is always skating on thin ice.
It is axiomatic that chess should end in a draw with best play.
Chess is the most violent of all sports. ( ...
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... wisdom with a style and humor all his own. As is my custom, I've selected a few of my favorite quotes to post here. Quite a few, actually. So many that you would probably be better off just reading the book. But let's be honest, that's my ... insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but ...
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(image credit: kodomut)
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I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them. ~ Isaac Asimov
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. ~ Emo Philips
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Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. ~ Edsger W. Dijkstra
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Where is the 'any' key? ~ Homer Simpson
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Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and ...
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... , deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.
Miriam Beard
You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it’s really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.
Stanley Kubrick
If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If ...
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... for two cars to hook up and run away from the pack. I think the changes may lead to even more of that." - Denny Hamlin.
"I don't know what driver first called it a high-speed chess match, but that's a pretty good analogy and I've always thought of the competition that way." - Kurt Busch.
"I've lost Daytona 500s and I've lost races at Talladega because ...
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Dodge Motorsports Notes & Quotes - Chase Note # 7
Amp Energy 500
Talladega Superspeedway
Nov. 1, 2009
DODGE IN THE CHASE
• 2004: Former ... active drivers with more than one start.
THEY SAID IT
“I don’t know what driver first called it a high-speed chess match, but that’s a pretty good analogy and I’ve always thought of the competition that way. It’ ...
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