Gotham Chess Quotes - Y

Yes, black is up a knight, but if a knight is stuck on h7 it's not doing enough to be considered a knight - it's just a horse.

Yes, of course, because when your rook gets to the other side of the board, it too can become a queen.

You brought the knight to d3. Why would you let it die? Do you not remember the road you took back? It's like finding your car in a big parking lot. It's not a skill that everybody's good at.

You and this container of coffee have the same fundamental understanding of how to play the Ruy Lopez.

You can hardly say that this is a piece at all. It's kind of a bear with its feet stuck in a trap.

You can say, "Oh no, my knight!" and Eric Rosen tingles a little bit.

You can't go to battle with one pony. One horse is not going to take down a brick wall. You could try. It could be a horse you fed with tons of American genetically modified hay to make the horse real beefy - FDA unapproved - but it's still not going to work.

You cannot get forked if the king is on h1. If the king is on h1 and you get forked, it's time to delete the app and play something else - Candy Crush.

You cannot go to battle with one horse - some Sioux said that, and so did Gotham Chess.

You defrosted all the necessary ingredients and put them right next to the bowl - then you ordered food.

You deserve this for putting your bishop on b1. You messed with biology - you tried to reproduce a lizard and a dog.

You don't just hang the knight. Six seconds - "Oh, the knight's dead, 'bye." Why? Why is the knight dead? Why? "Oh, he's attacking my knight with a rook and a bishop."

You guys are trading more than the United States and Mexico.

You guys play like Magnus Carlsen for five moves and then like Carlos Magnussen for the next ten.

You had such a dedication to get a rook trade that you decided to hang both rooks.

You have eight minutes on the clock; you spent three to hang your queen. Are you nuts? You guys are just riding a bicycle while shoving nails into the tyres. You wonder why you aren't making progress. You are putting sharp objects in your shoes and it hurts to walk and you refuse to take them out.

You just went here to add a layer of pressure to this piece, and your opponent literally removed the guard. Your opponent removed the parking brake while parking down hill.

You know arguing with people on Twitter is hopeless when their profile picture is an anime photo - or a footballer photo.

You know people go through mid-life crises. They get a new hair color, they get a new car, they start doing crazy stuff like sky-diving. Anish Giri plays g4, h4, h5, marches his opponent down and brutally attacks his king, while shredding open the position.

You know what they say, "Any video with a lot of views has accurate information, no matter what's in the video."

You never know whether an 800 Elo player is going to serve up a barely edible meal or poison the whole restaurant.

You never thought you would take parenting advice from a bozo Youtuber.

You play the Dragon, but you don't know how to play against nonsense Sicilians. So you probably studied the Dragon, but against garbage you don't know what you are doing?

You put your bishop in the corner and you block your own bishop with the knight. If he does it, it's sophisticated; if you do it, it's stupid.

You talk about the queen, right, getting some exercise out here.

You trade your ultra-powerful bishop for this garbage knight.

You've got a 50:50 shot here. Do we run and hide amongst our pawns in a super-sheltered establishment, or do we run butt-ass naked in the middle of a field?

You've got to empower your queens, right? I mean, Magnus just recently got married - he knows.

Your bishop had enough of being part of the Catholic Church and just walked in front of a train.

Your chess can't look like air-hockey, total chaos. It must look at least like battleships or checkers.

Your kids are going to learn all the bad words; you have to teach them when to say them and when not to say them.

Your opponent pinned your queen to your king with no protection whatsoever. Players like your opponent play Bb5 with no protection whatsoever, and their parents should probably have used some.

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