Middlegame Quotes
15 quotes by 14 authors
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The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very…
— Jose Raul Capablanca
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Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play…
— Bobby Fischer
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The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening,…
— Michael Stean
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The middlegame I repeat is chess itself, chess with all its possibilities, its attacks, defences, sacrifices, etc.
— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
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The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is a mere 'super',…
— Aron Nimzowitsch
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I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middlegame.
— Dawid Janowski
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A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a…
— Paul Keres
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Agreeing to draws in the middlegame, equal or otherwise, deprives you of the opportunity to practice playing endgames, and the endgame is probably where you…
— Pal Benko
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Even in the heat of a middlegame battle the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending.
— David Bronstein
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In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors.
— Aron Nimzowitsch
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Titled players appeared to be trotting out game after game in which the same old hoary opening sequences, memorized out to fifteen, twenty, or even…
— Steve Lopez
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My forte was the middlegame. I had a good feeling for the critical moments of the play. This undoubtedly compensated for my lack of opening…
— Boris Spassky
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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…
— Alexander Kotov
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Your only task in the opening is to reach a playable middlegame.
— Lajos Portisch
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Bobby Fischer started off each game with a great advantage: after the opening he had used less time than his opponent and thus had more…
— Edmar Mednis
Who Wrote These Middlegame Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 15 Middlegame Quotes as follows: