Behinds Quote by Bobby Fischer

One of the objectives of opening play is to try to surprise your opponent.

— Edmar Mednis

All opening moves were the same, like in chess. You don't have to come up with anything new, there's no point, because you're both…

— Paolo Giordano

By playing slowly during the early phases of a game I am able to grasp the basic requirements of each position. Then, despite being…

— Samuel Reshevsky

To all players I can recommend the following: simplicity and economy. These are the characteristics of the opening systems of many great masters... A…

— Lajos Portisch

Just as it is wrong to work on chess by studying only the first 10-15 moves, so it is wrong to play one and…

— Efim Geller

When you're facing an opponent over a broad front, you don't aim for the opponent's strong points, important though they may be. Pick a…

— Pete Seeger

When you want to have a good attacking transition, you need very good pressing. That's key.

— Erik ten Hag

Any opening is good enough, if its reputation is bad enough.

— Savielly Tartakower

Books on the openings abound; nor are works on the end game wanting; but those on the middle game can be counted on the…

— Harry Golombek

I like to start fast, to put my opponent on the back foot. By doing that, it gives the opponent, going into round two,…

— Leon Edwards

Your only task in the opening is to reach a playable middlegame.

— Lajos Portisch

The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a…

— Jose Raul Capablanca