Nigel Short quotes

Nigel Short quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.”
-- Nigel Short

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“Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game”
-- Nigel Short

#Games Quotes #Chess Game Quotes #Too Much Quotes
“I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol.”
-- Nigel Short

#Play Quotes #Alcohol Quotes #Brain Quotes
“If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off”
-- Nigel Short

#Thinking Quotes #Work Out Quotes #Psychology Quotes
“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.”
-- Nigel Short

#Learning Quotes #Play Quotes #Guy Quotes
“If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company.”
-- Nigel Short

#Giants Quotes #Logging Quotes #Chess Quotes
“Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people.”
-- Nigel Short

#Chess Game Quotes #People Quotes #Ruthless Quotes
“Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful tool at their disposal and can absorb vast amounts of information extremely quickly.”
-- Nigel Short

#Children Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Essence Quotes
“I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw.”
-- Nigel Short

#Play Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Chess Quotes
“Unlike my esteemed colleague Garry Kasparov, I don't restrict the strength of opposition to Elo”
-- Nigel Short

#Sports Quotes #Exhibitions Quotes #Poor Quotes
“I cannot claim to thoroughly enjoy coaching, because it is very hard work if you are even moderately conscientious. Nevertheless it does provide a degree of satisfaction - not to mention a steady income, which is why I do it occasionally.”
-- Nigel Short

#Hard Work Quotes #Coaching Quotes #Degrees Quotes
“Surely, serious problems can't be solved just by talking about them.”
-- Nigel Short

#Talking Quotes #Serious Quotes #Problem Quotes
“We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education.”
-- Nigel Short

#Education Quotes #Population Quotes #Significant Quotes
“Of course I'm not a racist, but I'm certainly right wing, there's no question about that.”
-- Nigel Short

#Wings Quotes #Racist Quotes #Right Wing Quotes

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