It is a well known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
How is it to be explained that something inside me revolts against the playing of obvious moves? Perhaps we may perceive the underlying reason in the fact that I derive satisfaction from seeking to reveal the concealed meaning of a… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Many men, many styles; what is chess style but the intangible expression of the will to win. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
The chess world is obligated to organize a match between the champion of the world and the winner of this Carlsbad tournament - indeed,… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Chess strategy as such today is still in its diapers, despite Tarrasch's statement 'We live today in a beautiful time of progress in all… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Giving up the center must not here be regarded as illogical. Was happiness no happiness because it endured for just a short time? One… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
If in a battle, I seize a bit of debatable land with a handful of soldiers, without having done anything to prevent an enemy… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
The knight of QB3 is under obligation, the moment the enemy gives him the chance, of undertaking an invasion of the center by Kn-Q5. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
How is it to be explained that something inside me revolts against the playing of obvious moves? Perhaps we may perceive the underlying reason… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
