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Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, Nevada Saturday, July 22, 1972 - Page 5
EVANS ON CHESS
G. Koltanowski
Problem: (07/22/1972) White mates in two.
Stockfish Analysis.
Epigrams
'Tis all a checker-board of nights and days where Destiny with men for pieces plays — Omar Khayyam
Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe — Indian proverb
There is no other game so es-teemed, so profound and so venerable as chess; in the realm of play it stands alone — Ely Culbertson
Those who are content to yield to circumstances play whist; those who aim to control circumstances play chess — Collins
You cannot worry over your worries while playing chess — McCarthy
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy — Dr. Tarrasch
No chess player sleeps well. There is no remorse like the remorse of chess. It is a curse upon a man. There is no happiness in chess — H. G. Wells
You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player — Capablanca
The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made Dr. Tartakower
Pawn endings are to chess, what putting is to golf — Purdy
When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea — it's sure to be bad — Dr. Tarrasch
Whereas the tactician knows what to do when there is something to do, it requires the strategian to know what to do when there is nothing to do —Abrahams
Chess is the only game which may legally be played on the premises of the Houses of Parliament in Great Britain — Fine
More books have been written about chess play than about any other game in the world —Davidson
It is impossible to win gracefully at chess — A. A. Milne
Chess holds its master in its own bonds the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer — Einstein
The unconscious motive actuating the players is not the mere love of pugnacity characteristic of all games, but the grimmer one of father murder — Dr. Jones
The way he plays chess demonstrates a man's whole nature - Ellin
A man that will take back a move at chess will pick a pocket — Fenton
PROBLEM SOLUTION: 1 Q-N5! threatening 2 Q-K8 mate. If 1 KxN 2 Q-K2 If 1 N-B5 2 Q-N8.
