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Hans Kmoch

(1894–1974) Chess Player

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Hans Kmoch was a chess player.

Quick Facts About Hans Kmoch

Born: July 25, 1894
Died: February 13, 1974
Profession: Chess Player

About Hans Kmoch

[Wikidata] Austrian-Dutch chess player and writer... | [Wikipedia] Johann "Hans" Joseph Kmoch was an Austrian-Dutch-American chess International Master (1950), International Arbiter (1951), and a chess journalist and author, for which he is best known.

Quotes by Hans Kmoch

Method rules his training, which blends the physical with the mental. How many chess masters put in, prior to an important match,…

Boxing

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The battle for the ultimate truth will never be won. And that's why chess is so fascinating.

Battle

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The preparation for active rook play entails what is called the opening of lines, which largely depends on pawn play, especially on…

Active

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And his six pawns were scattered like the ships of the Armada that should have conquered England; the Lord blew, and they…

Chess

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Has he some psychological antipathy to realism? I am no psychologist, and cannot say. The fact remains that Euwe commits the most…

Antipathy

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