I began to succeed in decisive games.Tsitsipas’s family could not afford to fund it alone, so his father and coach, Apostolos, quit his job to travel alongside him, and they were kept afloat with financial help from his maternal aunt and other external sources. “ Tactics flow from a superior position ” “ A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it ” “ All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves ”Ī gambit you give up a Pawn for the sake of getting a “ It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men ” Each move by the opponent may contain threats or be aīlunder, but a player cannot defend against threats or takeĪdvantage of blunders if he does not first ask himself: Is required to become a great Chess player ”Įnough to play better than your opponent ”Ĭhess game is a dialogue, a conversation between a player and his Strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will I can’t stand to think of it ”Ī Chess competition a Chessmaster should be aĬombination of a beast of prey and a monk ” Is a poet who creates a work of art out of “ Good positions don’t win games, good moves do ”
“ Half the variations which are calculated in a tournament “ I am the best player in the world and I am here to prove it ”Ĭharacter can ripen more fully than in life ” “ There are tough players and nice guys, and I’m aīlack’s reply to 1.e4 with 1.e5, leaves him “ The mistakes are there, waiting to be made ” Tonight I am playing against the Black pieces ” Thinking is of more use in Chess than inspiration ” “ Some part of a mistake is always correct ” Opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one ” The opening like a book, the middle game likeĪ magician, and the endgame like a machine”Ĭhess is all about. We should see there a whole world of feelings, The primaryĬonstraint on a piece’s activity is the Pawn structure ” Opening, Middlegame and especially Endgame. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the Most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of “ Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands! ” “ Without error there can be no brilliancy ” Must be studied in relation to the endgame” Mastered by themselves, the middle game and the Order to improve your game, you must study the endgameĮverything else, for whereas the endings can be Is the aim of the modern school, not to treat everyĪccording to one general law, but according to
Into action before both Bishops are developed” Have added these principles to the law: get the Knights You can’t separate body from mind”Ĭhess it has been said that life is not longĮnough for it, but that is the fault of life, not Chess ”
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Large number of professional violinists ”Īs your body does. Is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a “I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess” The masters look for them, the public applauds them, Have always been the most intriguing aspect of Having your opponent snatch defeat from the jaws of victory ”Ĭhess is too much concerned with things like Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws ofĪnd the player on the other side is hidden from us ”Ĭompensation for a sacrifice is having a sound combination leading toĪ winning position adequate compensation for a blunder Win by an unsound combination, however showy,Ĭhessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the The fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for
Jaded Grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty ” “When you see a good move, look for a better one” The effect of a Quote is to make the wisdom it tells, seem to be self-evident. These Quotes are sayings from GM’s or other famous people that have been passed from generation to generation primarily by word of mouth (although they may also have been put into some written form) and they represent a truth or some bit of useful wisdom that is usually based on common sense or practical experience.