"Nobody sees combinations like Rashid Nezhmetdinov." Mikhail Botvinnik
Hello all,
I'd like to begin with a few quotations on Nezhmetdinov by other chess players.
Nezhmetdinov is "the greatest master of the initiative." - Lev Polugaevsky (International Grandmaster)
"Rashid Nezhmetdinov is a virtuoso of combinational chess", and Nezhmetdinov was "a fantastic mathematician" - David Bronstein
"His games reveal the beauty of chess and make you love in chess not so much the points and high placings, but the wonderful harmony and elegance of this particular world." - Mikhail Tal
Now for some more games:
The next one is from 1929 when he was 15 years old
"Nobody sees combinations like Rashid Nezhmetdinov." Mikhail Botvinnik
Hello all,
I'd like to begin with a few quotations on Nezhmetdinov by other chess players.
Nezhmetdinov is "the greatest master of the initiative." - Lev Polugaevsky (International Grandmaster)
"Rashid Nezhmetdinov is a virtuoso of combinational chess", and Nezhmetdinov was "a fantastic mathematician" - David Bronstein
"His games reveal the beauty of chess and make you love in chess not so much the points and high placings, but the wonderful harmony and elegance of this particular world." - Mikhail Tal
Now for some more games: