All David Bronstein Quotes
- Chess is imagination. Chess
- The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is. Chess
- The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move Chess
- Nowadays grandmasters no longer study their opponent's games so much, but they study his character, his behaviour and his temperament in the most thorough fashion. Behaviour
- In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once. Chess
- But whatever you might say and whatever I might say, a machine which can play chess with people is one of the most marvellous wonders… Century
- Even in the heat of a middlegame battle the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending. Battle
- There is not a single true chess-player in the world whose heart does not beat faster at the mere sound of such long beloved and… Beat
- Sometimes at lectures I am asked: how would the champions of the last century play today? I think that, after making a hurried study of… Alive
- To lose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game. Always Means
- To play a match for the World Championship is the cherished dream of every chess player. Championship
- If you have made a mistake or committed an inaccuracy there is no need to become annoyed and to think that everything is lost. You… Annoyed
- Two passed pawns advancing on the enemy pieces have brought me more than a dozen points in tournaments. Advancing
- It is annoying that the rules of chess do not allow a pawn to take either horizontally or backwards, but only forwards ... This psychological… Allow
- There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than lively piece play,… Backward
- What the devil possessed me to reply 1. ... e5?? I compltely forgot that Spassky, like Spielmann in the past, very much likes to play… Chess
- It is no secret that any talented player must in his soul be an artist, and what could be dearer to his heart and soul… Any
- It would be as naive to study the song of the nightingale, as it would be ridiculous to try and win a King's Gambit against… Chess
- Theory regards this opening as incorrect, but it is impossible to agree with this. Out of the five tournament games played by me with the… Agree
- Some pieces in the King's Indian appear on a 'special price' list: the dark square bishops are at the top of that list. Appear