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- It has always been recognized that chess is an art, and its best practitioners have been described as artists.
- I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer to which his…
- You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not lack of deciciveness…
- Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess genius of all time!
- The rise of the Soviet school to the summit of world chess is a logical result of socialist cultural development.
- The study of typical plans is something that the leading grandmasters devote a great deal of time to. I would say that the most far-seeing…
- Just as the pianist practices the most complicated pieces to improve the technique of his fingers, so too a grandmaster must keep his vision in…
- In analysing complicated variations one must examine each branch of the tree once and once only.
- After a great deal of discussion in Soviet literature about the correct definition of a combination, it was decided that from the point of view…
- Once there is the slightest suggestion of combinational possibilities on the board, look for unusual moves. Apart from making your play creative and interesting it…
- If you study the classic examples of endgame play you will see how the king was brought up as soon as possible even though there…
- In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within…
- Here is a definition which correctly reflects the course of thought and action of a grandmaster: - The plan in a game of chess is…
- Once in a Moscow chess club I saw how two first-category players knocked pieces off the board as they were exchanged, so that the pieces…
- Anyone who wishes to learn how to play chess well must make himself or herself thoroughly conversant with the play in positions where the players…
- The main thing that develops positional judgement, that perfects it and makes it many-sided, is detailed analytical work, sensible tournament practice, a self-critical attitude to…
- ... My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory ...
- I soon realized that it is not enough for a master simply to analyse variations scrupulously just like an accountant. He must learn to work…
- Experience and the constant analysis of the most varied positions builds up a store of knowledge in a player's mind enabling him often at a…
- Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth.
- If a chess statistician were to try and satisfy his curiousity over which stage of the game proved decisive in the majority of cases, he…
- There is no doubt that the reason for my awful oversight was over-confidence that sapped my sense of danger. So that is where to look…
- The placing of the center pawns determines the 'topography' of a game of chess.
- Once upon a time supporters of the Steinitz-Tarrasch school had a very high opinion of a queen-side pawn majority. Modern strategy on the other hand…
- In choosing an opening plan players think most of all of harmonious development for the pieces, but sometimes leave the development of the queen out…
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