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title: "1 Laziness Draws Quotes By Bent Larsen"
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> [A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast, of course, to the fear-and-laziness draws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/a-draw-may-be-the-beautiful-and-logical-result-of-fine-attacks-and/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

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## More by Bent Larsen

> [A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/a-draw-may-be-the-beautiful-and-logical-result-of-fine-attacks-and/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/all-chess-masters-have-on-occasion-played-a-magnificent-game-and-then/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [For me, chess is at the same time a game, a sport, a science and an art. And perhaps even more than that,. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/for-me-chess-is-at-the-same-time-a-game-a-sport-a-science-and-an-art/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [Play the open variation of the Ruy is my advice to all ordinary club players, and I recently even wrote a book about it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/play-the-open-variation-of-the-ruy-is-my-advice-to-all-ordinary-club/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [Most of all I like "bad" lines, that is those considered bad, in my opinion unjustly, by theory. The reason for the last quotation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/most-of-all-i-like-bad-lines-that-is-those-considered-bad-in-my/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [Chess is a beautiful mistress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/chess-is-a-beautiful-mistress/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/lack-of-patience-is-probably-the-most-common-reason-for-losing-a-game/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [Nimzovitch became then for me more or less the author of the only book which could help me get away from these Euwe books,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/nimzovitch-became-then-for-me-more-or-less-the-author-of-the-only/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [Had I not played the Sicilian with Black I could have saved myself the trouble of studying for more than 20 years all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/had-i-not-played-the-sicilian-with-black-i-could-have-saved-myself/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/the-books-say-that-it-is-not-so-serious-to-lose-time-in-a-closed/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [Among top grandmasters the Dutch is a rare defense, which is good reason to play it! It has not been studied very deeply by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/among-top-grandmasters-the-dutch-is-a-rare-defense-which-is-good/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/i-don-t-care-very-much-for-miniatures-i-don-t-try-to-beat-my/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/in-my-opinion-the-open-variation-is-absolutely-correct-and-more/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [I often play a move I know how to refute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/i-often-play-a-move-i-know-how-to-refute/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

> [A chess player never has a heart attack in a good position.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/a-chess-player-never-has-a-heart-attack-in-a-good-position/)

[Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/)

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