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Chess Quotes by David Bronstein
- Chess is imagination.
- The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is.
- The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move
- In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once.
- But whatever you might say and whatever I might say, a machine which can play chess with people is one of the most marvellous wonders…
- Even in the heat of a middlegame battle the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending.
- There is not a single true chess-player in the world whose heart does not beat faster at the mere sound of such long beloved and…
- Sometimes at lectures I am asked: how would the champions of the last century play today? I think that, after making a hurried study of…
- To lose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game.
- To play a match for the World Championship is the cherished dream of every chess player.
- If you have made a mistake or committed an inaccuracy there is no need to become annoyed and to think that everything is lost. You…
- Two passed pawns advancing on the enemy pieces have brought me more than a dozen points in tournaments.
- It is annoying that the rules of chess do not allow a pawn to take either horizontally or backwards, but only forwards ... This psychological…
- There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than lively piece play,…
- What the devil possessed me to reply 1. ... e5?? I compltely forgot that Spassky, like Spielmann in the past, very much likes to play…
- It is no secret that any talented player must in his soul be an artist, and what could be dearer to his heart and soul…
- It would be as naive to study the song of the nightingale, as it would be ridiculous to try and win a King's Gambit against…
- Theory regards this opening as incorrect, but it is impossible to agree with this. Out of the five tournament games played by me with the…
- Some pieces in the King's Indian appear on a 'special price' list: the dark square bishops are at the top of that list.
- When everything on the board is clear it can be so difficult to conceal your thoughts from your opponent.
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