Michael Basman famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Chess will always be in the doldrums as a spectator sport while a draw is given equal mathematical value as a decisive result.
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If we are to elevate the game of chess to a popular sport, grandmasters must become gladiators, otherwise the game will languish on the periphery, a voice crying in the wilderness, condemned to live and die on a cold arctic shore.
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Every worm has to turn and every mouse must bite the elephant
-- Michael Basman
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Walking is the favorite sport of the good and wise.
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After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all.
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Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.
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The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.
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Chess is not only knowledge and logic
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You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.
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Unless in communicating with it one says exactly what one means, trouble is bound to result.
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If you want different results, do not do the same things.
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Let us watch well our beginnings and results will manage themselves.
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The markets are unforgiving, and emotional trading always results in losses.
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