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&nbs...
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. ...
