Reuben Fine quotes

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

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“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

Source : Reuben Fine (1948). “The World's a Chessboard”

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“I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger”
-- Reuben Fine

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

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“The profuse phallic symbolism of chess provides some fantasy gratification of the homosexual wish, particularly the desire for mutual masturbation.”
-- Reuben Fine

Source : Reuben Fine (1967). “The psychology of the chess player”

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“The king is a strong piece - use it !”
-- Reuben Fine

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“A plan is made for a few moves only, not for the whole game.”
-- Reuben Fine

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

Source : Reuben Fine (1976). “The World's Great Chess Games”, p.1, Courier Corporation

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“Believe firmly that in chess there are no rules without exceptions.”
-- Reuben Fine

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“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.”

Source : Attributed to Alexander Alekhine in David Hooper and ‎Kenneth Whyld "The Oxford companion to chess" (p. 8), 1996.

“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.”

Source : "Anna Kendrick Talks WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, GET A JOB, END OF WATCH, and Her Desire to Play More Stoners". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. May 18, 2012.

“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.”