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    • "finding Fischer"

      I just started getting into chess again earlier this year and I don't remember why but I started to think about the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer"(for those of you who haven't seen the movie I strongly suggest you do, especially if you're a c... | Read More

      • MStewart
      • | May 31 2008
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    • chess philosophy

      "A man ceases to be a beginner in chess and becomes a master when he has learned that he is going to be a beginner all his life."   -R.G. Collingwood, philosopher and art historian (1889-1943) | Read More

      • MStewart
      • | May 29 2008
      • | 360 views
      • | 1 comment
    • checkers??

      "Checkers is for tramps."   - Paul Morphy, American chess master (1836-84) | Read More

      • MStewart
      • | May 28 2008
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      • | 0 comments
    • Benjamin Franklin on chess

      "Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves from making hasty moves; and finally, we learn from chess the greatest maxim in life - ... | Read More

      • MStewart
      • | May 28 2008
      • | 276 views
      • | 1 comment
    • good advice!

      "Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble."   - Stanley Kubrick (1928-99), filmmaker | Read More

      • MStewart
      • | May 28 2008
      • | 249 views
      • | 0 comments