·象棋是什么
1)Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders - Savielly Tartakower
象棋是一部神话故事，名叫《天方错谭》(或《一千零一错》) ——萨维利·塔塔科维
【译注：阿拉伯名著《天方夜谭》，或叫《一千零一夜》，英文名是tale of 1001 nights，这里塔塔科维俏皮地“偷换”了】
2)Chess is life - Bobby Fischer
象棋就是生活。 ——鲍比·菲舍尔
斯帕斯基(Spassky)的说法略有改变：Chess is like life ，棋如人生。
3)Chess is everything - art, science, and sport. - Karpov
象棋包容一切－－艺术、科学和竞技。 ——卡尔波夫
4)Chess is mental torture. - Kasparov
下棋是一种精神上的磨难 ——卡斯帕罗夫
5)Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people. - Nigel Short
象棋无情：你不得不准备谋杀别人 ——尼戈尔·肖特
6)Chess is as much a mystery as women - Purdy
象棋，神秘莫测如女性 ——普迪
7)Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe - Indian proverb
国际象棋是一片大海，那里昆虫可啜饮，大象可沐浴。 ——印度谚语
【译注：精彩啊！】

·反思
1)Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. - Tarrasch
棋，如爱情、如音乐，具有令人愉悦之力量。－－塔拉什
2)Every chess master was once a beginner. - Chernev
每位象棋大师起先都初学者一个。 ——车涅夫
3)Life is too short for chess. - Byron
人生啊，您给予象棋的时光太短暂了。 ——拜伦
4)A good player is always lucky. - Capablanca
强棋手恒好运。 ——卡帕布兰卡
5)One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent. - Tal
你不需要走得多好，走得比对手好就足够了。 ——塔尔
6)When the chess game is over, the pawn and the king go back to the same box - Irish saying
对局结束，士兵和国王都回到同一个盒子里。 ——爱尔兰谚语
【译注：另一说这是意大利谚语】

·一般提示
1)When you see a good move wait - look for a better one. - Emanuel Lasker
你看见一步好棋了，且慢，寻求更好的一步吧。 ——爱曼纽·拉斯克
2)Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine. - Spielmann
如书谱般走开局，如魔术师般走中局，如机器般去走残局。 ——斯皮尔曼
3)The pawns are the soul of chess. - Philidor
兵是国际象棋的灵魂。 ——菲利多尔
4)Help your pieces so they can help you. - Paul Morphy
善待你的棋子吧，必得到它们的善待。 ——保尔·摩菲
5)All chessplayers should have a hobby. - Savielly Tartakower
所有棋手都应该有某样业余爱好。 ——塔塔科维
6)When you don't know what to do, wait for you opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad. - Siegbert Tarrasch
你不知道该当如何，而在干等对手构思成型；这肯定不妙。 ——塔拉什

·关于战术
1)The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made. - Tartakover
棋盘上满是失误，它们只等着被制造。 ——塔塔科维
2)The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. - Tartakover
对局中犯倒数第二个错误者胜。 ——塔塔科维
3)There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine. - Tal
弃子有两种：正确的，以及我的。 ——塔尔
4)The pin is mightier than the sword. - Reinfeld
别针犀利胜宝剑。 ——雷恩菲尔德
【译注：pin，别针、钉子、栓子；用于象棋术语指栓连、牵制战术，故有此说。】
5)Discovered check is the dive-bomber of the chessboard. - Fine
闪(抽)将是棋盘上的俯冲轰炸机。 ——法因
6)In blitz, the knight is stronger than the bishop. - Vlastimil Hort
超快棋中，马强于象。 ——霍特
7)The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations. - Reti
对局的总体方案根据局面性路线而行；而它的决定性时刻，通常则经战术组合而奏效。 ——列蒂
8)In the perfect chess combination as in a first-rate short story, the whole plot and counter-plot should lead up to a striking finale, the interest not being allayed until the very last moment. - Yates and Winter
完美的象棋组合犹如第一流的短篇故事，正反双方迈向一场最后的决战，直到最终那刻之前，始终那么的扣人心弦。 ——叶茨和温特
9)... I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent. - Mikhail Tal
……于是我不断拿下了决定性的对局。可能因为我认识到一个非常简单的道理：不仅我会紧张，我的对手也会。 ——塔尔
10)The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do. - Gerald Abrahams
战术家在有所可行动时懂得怎么做；而战略家在无所可行动时懂得怎么做。 ——阿伯拉罕斯
【译注：另一说这是塔塔科维的话】

·中局和残局
1)Before the endgame, the gods have placed the middlegame. - Tarrasch
上帝置中局于残局之前。 ——塔拉什
【译注：另一版本，Between the opening and endgame the gods have placed the middlegame】
2)Every pawn is a potential Queen. - Mason
每一只兵都是未来的后。 ——梅森
3)A Passed Pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. - Capablanca
棋盘上棋子数目减少，通路兵威力上升。 ——卡帕布兰卡
4)The older I grow, the more I value Pawns - Paul Keres
年纪越大，我就越看重兵的价值。 ——凯列斯

·计划和分析
1)Even a poor plan is better than no plan at all. - Mikhail Chigorin
哪怕一个拙劣的计划也比根本无计划好。 ——奇戈林
2)It is not a move, even the best move, that you must seek, but a realisable plan. - Znosko-Borovsky
你应该追寻的不是一步棋，哪怕它是最佳着，你应该追寻的是一份合理的计划。 ——波罗夫斯基
3)Methodical thinking is of more use in chess than inspiration. - Purdy
对弈时，通盘思考重于灵感。 ——普迪
4)Chess is the art of analysis. - Botvinnik
象棋是分析的艺术。 ——鲍特维尼克
5)Half the variations which are calculated in a tournament game turn out to be completely superfluous. Unfortunately, no one knows in advance which half - Jan Tinman
比赛时，计算过的变化有一半最终证明是完全多余的。可惜，没有人能事先知道是哪一半。 ——蒂曼

出处: ChessCorner网站和nychesskids网站
译者: michael
类型: 编译
发表：2002.12.30
备注：2006.1.13文字修改。