Best Alexander Alekhine Quotes
- Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan. Adopt
- The retreat of a minor piece to the back rank, where it cuts the lines of communication between the rooks, is permissable only in exceptional… Cases
- As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of… Based
- The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It makes little difference… Carried
- During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey. Ascetic
- Combination is a soul of chess. Chess
- Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active… Active