A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games,… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast,… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
For me, chess is at the same time a game, a sport, a science and an art. And perhaps even more than that,. There… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
Play the open variation of the Ruy is my advice to all ordinary club players, and I recently even wrote a book about it,… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
Most of all I like "bad" lines, that is those considered bad, in my opinion unjustly, by theory. The reason for the last quotation… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won. — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
Nimzovitch became then for me more or less the author of the only book which could help me get away from these Euwe books,… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
Had I not played the Sicilian with Black I could have saved myself the trouble of studying for more than 20 years all the… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
Among top grandmasters the Dutch is a rare defense, which is good reason to play it! It has not been studied very deeply by… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
I don't care very much for miniatures. I don't try to beat my opponents quickly because if they are strong, I think I should… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
