Reuben Fine famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Discovered check is the dive bomber of the Chessboard
-- Reuben Fine

#Chess #Bombers #Checks
Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of Chess. The masters look for them, the public applauds them, the critics praise them. It is because combinations are possible that Chess is more than a lifeless mathematical exercise. They are the poetry of the game; they are to Chess what melody is to music. They represent the triumph of mind over matter
-- Reuben Fine

#Exercise #Games #Mind
I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger
-- Reuben Fine

#Chess #Pawns #Fingers
Chess is a contest between two men which lends itself particularly to the conflicts surrounding aggression.
-- Reuben Fine

#Men #Two #Chess
The profuse phallic symbolism of chess provides some fantasy gratification of the homosexual wish, particularly the desire for mutual masturbation.
-- Reuben Fine

#Symbolism #Desire #Wish
The king is a strong piece - use it !
-- Reuben Fine

#Strong #Kings #Pieces
A plan is made for a few moves only, not for the whole game.
-- Reuben Fine

#Moving #Games #Chess
Chess is like a delicious drug which offers such heavenly delights that they can never tear themselves away from it completely.
-- Reuben Fine

#Drug #Tears #Delight
Believe firmly that in chess there are no rules without exceptions.
-- Reuben Fine

#Believe #Chess #Exception

The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.
I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.
I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.
Combination is a soul of chess.
During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk
Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess genius of all time!
Roscoe Tanner seems to have found a way of making his service go even faster, so that the ball is now quite invisible, like Stealth, the American supersonic bomber which nobody has ever seen.
If I see a chapstick that I've never tried, I have to buy it. And then once that door's been opened, I have to check the whole store to see if there are more chapsticks that I don't have.
when the boogie man goes to sleep he checks his closet for me
But I thought, I've just got to check out Hollywood, so I sent out pictures and resumes.

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