Obvious Moves Quotes by Aron Nimzowitsch

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• The beauty of a move lies not in it's appearance but in the thought behind it.
• How can I lose to such an idiot?
• Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!
• The defensive power of a pinned piece is only imaginary
• The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not…
• The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard
• Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put…
• Giving up the center must not here be regarded as illogical. Was happiness no happiness because it endured for just a short…
• How is it to be explained that something inside me revolts against the playing of obvious moves? Perhaps we may perceive the…
• How vain are our fears! I thought to myself. Sometimes we fear that which our opponent (or fate) had never even considered!…
• The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is…
• It is a well known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless…

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