To be great is to be misunderstood. Ralph Waldo Emerson in Self-Reliance. This is my take on the greatest chess authors of all time...and some who didn't quite check the box. Today I present the 7th in this new series, presented one at a time a...
Reshevsky is the exception - he is an all-round player with an all-round temperament. He has no partiality for any special type of position; he likes and plays every sort of game equally well; it is this which distinguishes him from his fellow-ma...
In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and opening must be studied in relation to the end game. - José Raú...
Detesting draws, he always seeks the path of hazard in preference to that of safety, and is sometimes unduly optimistic about the strength of his own position. Games Played in the World’s Championship Match by F.D. Yates and W. Winter (Lond...
If you see a good move, try to find a better one. - Damiano. Often attributed to Lasker and other chess masters. This is my take on the greatest chess authors of all time...and some who didn't quite check the box. Today I present the fifth in t...
Sometimes Fine gets facts right: ‘Paul Morphy (1837-1884)’, page 3. Sometimes he gets them wrong: ‘Paul Morphy (1836-1883)’, page 89. His judgements are equally schizophrenic. Reuben Fine, Chess and Psychology by Edward Wi...
The opening is over. The familiar patterns are gone. And suddenly you’re on your own. You look at the position, and nothing stands out clearly. There are plenty of moves, but none of them feel convincing. - IM Attila Turzo When the...
Chess is not for the timid. - Irving Chernev Chess Quotes - Chess This is my take on the greatest chess authors of all time...and some who didn't quite check the box. Today I present the fourth in this new series, presented one at a time and in...
If chess is art, his creativity creates a stunning canvas. If chess is science, his original ideas and intuitive play question many hypotheses. And if chess is a sport, his fighting spirit and passion over the board brings the adrena...
KIMPLODES is an acronym for a human-oriented, systemic approach to analysis. [Acronyms are just shorthand for those moments when we're too lazy to spell something out. To be fair, acronyms are supposed to make it easier for us carbon-based units t...
Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious than the absolutely correct one. - Max Euwe Chess quotes by and about Capablanca ...
Tarrasch's 'dogmas' are not eternal truisms, but merely instructional material presented in an accessible and witty form, those necessary rudiments from which one can begin to grasp the secrets of chess. – Garry Kasparov Chess Quotes...
After surveying what might well have been over 1M could-be respondents with detailed, intrusive, and voluminous questionnaires, followed up by individual sessions where time and willingness allowed, science and statistics (not to be confused with ...
No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess game a work of art, if these qualities do not lead to the main goal – the search for truth. &...
