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  • Chess Openings Joke

    From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 31 09:27:17 2021
    I remember having encountered a Chess joke that went something like this:

    Two Chess players of modest attainments are talking. One says to the other: "You shouldn't be playing (these openings/this move in this opening). Bobby Fischer always plays (this other opening/this other move)."

    The other player replies: "Yes, but Fischer knows what to do _next_ after playing that; I don't!"

    Does anyone recognize this joke, and could tell me where it was from?

    John Savard

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  • From William Hyde@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Sun Aug 1 15:39:33 2021
    On Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 12:27:18 PM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
    I remember having encountered a Chess joke that went something like this:

    Two Chess players of modest attainments are talking. One says to the other: "You shouldn't be playing (these openings/this move in this opening). Bobby Fischer always plays (this other opening/this other move)."

    The other player replies: "Yes, but Fischer knows what to do _next_ after playing that; I don't!"

    Does anyone recognize this joke, and could tell me where it was from?

    That's not a joke, that's common sense.

    William Hyde

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to William Hyde on Mon Aug 2 15:05:26 2021
    On Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 4:39:34 PM UTC-6, William Hyde wrote:

    That's not a joke, that's common sense.

    The principle is common sense.

    That does not preclude it being illustrated by
    an anecdote that is humorous.

    John Savard

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  • From William Hyde@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Mon Aug 2 15:36:19 2021
    On Monday, August 2, 2021 at 6:05:27 PM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 4:39:34 PM UTC-6, William Hyde wrote:

    That's not a joke, that's common sense.
    The principle is common sense.

    That does not preclude it being illustrated by
    an anecdote that is humorous.

    Right, if you provide a funny anecdote.

    In my first rated tournament I switched towards the end from the French to the Sicilian.

    "But you don't know anything in the Sicilian beyond the first move" a friend said, exaggerating
    a bit.

    "True, but I do know what happens in the French beyond the first move: I lose".

    I drew the Sicilian as the Grand Prix attack had yet to be invented.

    William Hyde

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