Analysis Quote by Mikhail Botvinnik

By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate…

— Anatoly Karpov

By strictly observing Botvinnik's rule regarding the thorough analysis of one's own games, with the years I have come to realize that this provides…

— Garry Kasparov

Chess is the art of analysis.

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Like Dvoretsky, I think that (all other things being equal), the analytical method of studying chess must give you a colossal advantage over the…

— Garry Kasparov

Analysis is a glittering opportunity for training: it is just here that capacity for work, perseverence and stamina are cultivated, and these qualities are,…

— Lev Polugaevsky

Training in analysis (like any other form of chess training) should be treated very seriously.

— Mark Dvoretsky

Analysis, if it is really carried out with a complete concentration of his powers, forms and completes a chess player.

— Lev Polugaevsky

Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.

— Boris Spassky

Psychology is the most important factor in chess.

— Alexander Alekhine

Chess strength in general and chess strength in a specific match are by no means one and the same thing.

— Garry Kasparov

Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately

— Mikhail Botvinnik

The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.

— Boris Spassky