"The delight in gambits is a sign of……" — Emanuel Lasker
"The delight in gambits is a sign of chess youth... In very much the same way as the young man, on reaching his manhood years, lays aside the Indian stories and stories of adventure, and turns to the psychological novel, we with maturing experience leave off gambit playing and become interested in the less vivacious but withal more forceful manoeuvres of the position player."
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42 Quotes by Emanuel Lasker
Emanuel Lasker has 42 quotes on this site.
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When you see a good move, look for a better one.
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Without error, there is no brilliancy.
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I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca!
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In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated.
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The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.
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Chess is, above all, a fight.
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By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal…
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A chess game, after all, is a fight in which all possible factors must be made use of, and in…
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I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed
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Without error there can be no brilliancy
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The hardest game to win is a won game
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The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind
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