We all lose in the end, that is the intention.

Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) German chess player, mathematician
(Attributed)

 
Added on 19-Jan-11 | Last updated 19-Jan-11
Link to this post | 2 comments
More quotes by Lasker, Emanuel

2 thoughts on “(Attributed)”

  1. Robert J. Walter

    This quotation falls short of being particularly meaningful to me.
    What is the context?

    One of the most astute chess quotations is:
    “……Then what is a combination?. A combination is a forced variation with sacrifice. It seems to me that this is both an exact and simple definition.”
    Source: “What is a combination?”, essay presented in Appendix of Botvinnik’s “100 Selected Games”
    IMO, this quotation is special. Why? ….. It grasps the essence of the game and an understanding of life-decision-making …. people who do not understand the meaning of a gambit (cf. T H Huxley “A Liberal Education”)are at times deservedly vanqusonished at chess and life.

  2. I wish I knew more of the context, but couldn’t find the source. It still spoke to me, however, even in just the general concept of chess playing vs life.

Thoughts? Comments? Corrections? Feedback?