zanzibar: “The Pin is mightier than the sword”
“We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for
sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer’s nature”
“Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation”
“I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves”
“Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like
Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game”
“Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!”
“Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders”
“Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack”
“Of Chess it has been said that life is not long
enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not Chess”
“You cannot play at Chess if you are kind-hearted”
“The Pawns are the soul of the game”
“Without error there can be no brilliancy”
“Chess is like war on a board”
“Many have become Chess Masters,
no one has become the Master of Chess”
“Openings teach you openings. Endgames teach you chess!”
“Play the opening like a book, the middle game like
a magician, and the endgame like a machine”
“That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your
opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one”
“Some part of a mistake is always correct”
“Methodical thinking is of more use in Chess than inspiration”
“Excellence at Chess is one mark of a scheming mind”
“Chess is the art of analysis”
“The mistakes are there, waiting to be made”
“A passed Pawn increases in strength as the number
of pieces on the board diminishes”
“Good positions don’t win games, good moves do”
etc. etc.
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