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3.

“The Pin is mightier than the sword”

9.

“Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation”

16.

“Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders”

10.

“I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves”

5.

“All I want to do, ever, is just play Chess”

18.

“Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack”

15.

"I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess; Others give only 2 percent"

1.

"When you see a good move, look for a better one”

7.

“The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us”

4.

“We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chess player's nature”

12.

“Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events”

13.

“Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!”

14.

“Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of Chess. The masters look for them, the public applauds them, the critics praise them. It is because combinations are possible that Chess is more than...

11.

“Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game”

17.

“Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists”

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“Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind”

2.

“Nothing excites jaded Grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty”

6.

“A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror”

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“Chess is like war on a board”