Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

The middlegame I repeat is chess itself, chess with all its possibilities, its attacks, defences, sacrifices, etc.

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

A defeatist spirit must inevitably lead to disaster.

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

All conceptions in the game of chess have a geometrical basis.

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

It has been stated that a characteristic mark of a combination is surprise; surprise for the defender, not for the assailant, since…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

All chess players know what a combination is. Whether one makes it oneself, or is its victim, or reads of it, it…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory.

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

The King plays a most important part in the endgame, and gains in power and activity as the number of pieces on…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

Inexperienced players have a fear of this piece, which seems to them enigmatic, mysterious, and astonishing in its power. We must admit…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

Haste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp.

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

Haste, the great enemy.

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

To find the best moves great Masters, with years of experience, engage in laborious research, and the moves thus found are blindly…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

... though combinations are without number, the number of ideas are limited.

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

Avoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess.

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

We should praise, rather, the courage of the player who, relying only on his intuition, plunges into a brilliant combination of which…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

The study of combinations should enrich the analytical spirit of studious amateurs. Thereafter the most gifted among them will be able to…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

It is unjust, and sometimes very untrue, though it is a common theory, to hold that it is sacrifices which make the…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky