"Above all else, before playing in competitions a……" — Mikhail Botvinnik
"Above all else, before playing in competitions a player must have regard to his health, for if he is suffering from ill-health he cannot hope for success. In this connection the best of all tonics is 15 to 20 days in the fresh air, in the country."
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Mikhail Botvinnik
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34 Quotes by Mikhail Botvinnik
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Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistable artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in…
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Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.
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Chess is the art of analysis.
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Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists
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The boy (then a 12 year old boy named Anatoly Karpov)doesn't have a clue about Chess, and there's no future…
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Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately
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Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline
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Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those…
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Everything is in a state of flux, and this includes the world of Chess
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If you are going to make your mark among masters, you have to work far harder and more intensively, or,…
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Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train, in 1929.
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If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don't take it.
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