All Mikhail Botvinnik Quotes
- Memorization of variations could be even worse than playing in a tournament without looking in the books at all. All
- When my opponent's clock is going I discuss general considerations in an internal dialogue with myself. When my own clock is going I analyse conctrete… Analyse
- Before Geller we did not understand the King's Indian Defence. Chess
- There is no better place for learning to work independently and to extend your horizon than in higher school. Better
- It is peculiar but a fact nevertheless, that the gamblers in chess have enthusiastic followers. Chess
- I ... have two vocations: chess and engineering. If I played chess only, I believe that my success would not have been significantly greater. I… Awakens
- You have to accustom yourself to practical study at home, you have to devote time to studies, to the history of chess, the development of… Accustom
- It must be clearly understood that Soviet players do not seek simple systems in the opening, but try to formulate opening systems in which everything… Chess
- Chess cannot be taught. Chess can only be learned. Chess