Cases Quote by Alexander Kotov

His teaching became a turning point in chess history: it was from Steinitz that the era of modern chess began. The contribution of the…

— Garry Kasparov

Wilhelm Steinitz was the first man to appreciate the inherent logic behind the game of chess.

— William Hartston

It was Steinitz who was the first to establish the basic principles of general chess strategy. He was a pioneer and one of the…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

... Tarrasch's 'dogmas' are not eternal truisms, but merely instructional material presented in an accessible and witty form, those necessary rudiments from which one…

— Garry Kasparov

Once upon a time supporters of the Steinitz-Tarrasch school had a very high opinion of a queen-side pawn majority. Modern strategy on the other…

— Alexander Kotov

That which Steinitz gave to the theoretical aspect of the game when he was at his best is very remote to all out home-bred…

— Alexander Alekhine

He is the so-called father of the modern school of chess; before him, the King was considered a weak piece and players set out…

— Bobby Fischer

Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory.

— Savielly Tartakower

No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.

— Samuel Reshevsky

Place the contents of the Chess box in a hat, shake them up vigorously, pour them on the board from a height of two…

— Henry Bird

I didn't know so well chess theory, the theory of chess openings. And so, of course I knew the theory, but not on the…

— Anatoly Karpov

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