Always trying Quote by Howard Staunton

After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes

— Howard Staunton

What the devil possessed me to reply 1. ... e5?? I compltely forgot that Spassky, like Spielmann in the past, very much likes to…

— David Bronstein

By what right does White, in an absolutely even position, such as after move one, when both sides have advanced 1. e4, sacrifice a…

— Emanuel Lasker

Theory regards this opening as incorrect, but it is impossible to agree with this. Out of the five tournament games played by me with…

— David Bronstein

Even in the King's Gambit ... White is no longer trying to attack at all costs. He has had to adapt his approach and…

— Neil McDonald

One encounter dissatisfaction & failure when he gives up & never go for a fight to turn event in his favor

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

Taking Five and Returning Four is not Giving

— Frederic Bastiat

If (Black) is going for victory, he is practically forced to allow his opponent to get some kind of well-known positional advantage.

— Mikhail Tal

“You’ve got to have the emotional understanding that you can make the right play time and time again,” he would say, “but you can…

— David Kushner

What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Ahahah they have 1 jus 4 him

— Anonymous

Failing to open the center at the right moment - a common error by White in the Exchange Lopez - can allow Black an…

— Andrew Soltis