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Reuben Fine Quotes

Discovered check is the dive bomber of the Chessboard

Discovered check is the dive bomber of the Chessboard

Chess Game, Bombers, Tactics

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

Exercise, Games, Chess Game

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

A plan is made for a few moves only, not for the whole game.

Moving, Games, Chess

I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger

Chess, Pawns, Fingers

The king is a strong piece - use it !

Strong, Kings, Use

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

Drug, Tears, Delight

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

Believe firmly that in chess there are no rules without exceptions.

Believe, Chess, Exception

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

Symbolism, Wish, Desire

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

Chess is a contest between two men which lends itself particularly to the conflicts surrounding aggression.

Men, Two, Chess

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