Here is a collection of my chess wisdom from @TorresChess. If you are not following me on Twitter, then you are missing out on some interesting discussions.
11/5 Chris Torres@TorresChess
It is beyond coincidence that chess and music produce child prodigies with a much greater frequency than that of other intellectual pursuits. -Chris Torres
11/7 Chris Torres@TorresChess
To play a match for the World Championship is the cherished dream of every chess player. -David Bronstein
11/8 Chris Torres@TorresChess
Starting from Chester Arthur in the early 1880s, 89% of Democratic presidents have been chess players, compared to just 35% of Republicans. – Chris Torres
11/8 Chris Torres@TorresChess
Nervous energy is the ammunition we take into any mental battle. – Garry Kasparov
11/9 Chris Torres@TorresChess
Genius. It’s a word. What does it really mean? If I win I’m a genius. If I don’t, I’m not. – Bobby Fischer
11/11 Chris Torres@TorresChess
Wins and losses are rarely determined at the the chess tournament, but rather in the effort toward preparation the player demands of himself. -Chris Torres
11/12 Chris Torres@TorresChess
Confidence in chess stems from preparation in solving your problems without outside interference. -Chris Torres
11/13 Chris Torres@TorresChess
“In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once.”-David Bronstein
11/13 Chris Torres@TorresChess
“Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.”-Frederic Chopin
11/14 Chris Torres@TorresChess
My students know that it is better to lose some of the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever fighting.-Chris Torres
11/15 Chris Torres@TorresChess
Follow the path to the end and you will find no sanity in reason.-Chris Torres
11/16 Chris Torres@TorresChess
A chess coach with a fancy title is good. A chess coach who can teach useful lessons that inspire confidence is better.-Chris Torres
11/17 Chris Torres@TorresChess
Apparently the chess board is really a special kind of mirror. Staring at it on length will force one to accept his flaws or go mad.-Chris Torres
11/17 Chris Torres@TorresChess
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Chess is the best tool which we can use to fix education.-Chris Torres
11/18 Chris Torres@TorresChess
Of all the pleasures I have received from the game of chess, the greatest is the friendship of my students. -Chris Torres
11/19 Chris Torres@TorresChess
If your life was a game of chess, would you rather live a hundred mediocre moves or be brilliant for a few?-Chris Torres
11/20 Chris Torres@TorresChess
Chess exercises a child’s capacity to change a vision into reality.-Chris Torres