Spielmann Quotes

#1. What the devil possessed me to reply 1 ... e5?? I compltely forgot that Spassky, like Spielmann in the past, very much likes to play the King's Gambit.

David Bronstein

#2. I can comprehend Alekhine's combinations well enough; but where he gets his attacking chances from and how he infuses such life into the very opening - that is beyond me.

Rudolf Spielmann

#3. Buried my wife the other day. Had to, she died.

W.C. Fields

#4. Well, I grew up around the magazine and was part of a generation that was embracing our sexuality.

Christie Hefner

#5. Iraq failed for the same reasons that all conservative public policy efforts fail. Refusing to acknowledge the importance of government while relying on it to achieve your objectives causes the same kind of chaos in foreign policy that it does in matters closer to home.

Alan Wolfe

#6. People believe a lot of weird stuff in Salem.

Adriana Mather

#7. The ideal state for a philosopher, indeed, is celibacy tempered by polygamy.

H.L. Mencken

#8. The beauty of a game of chess is usually assessed according to the sacrifices it contains.

Rudolf Spielmann

#9. I don't know where I learned elephants like their tongues slapped. Whatever turns you on.

Betty White

#10. We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer's nature

Rudolf Spielmann

#11. In the opening a master should play like a book, in the mid-game he should play like a magician, in the ending he should play like a machine.

Rudolf Spielmann