"Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces"
"Chess will always be the master of us all"
"Style? I've got no style"
"With that much talent, there isn't nearly as much need for the usual competitive ferocity" (on Judit Polgar)
"It's Only Me"
"Dean of American Chess"
"The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient"
"He only takes a draw when it's hopeless or when he's afraid he might get hurt in the position. When I analyzed with him he would say: "I kill him if I get this position." He deplores positions without counterplay. Even if he's in bad shape, there must be tension. This is the essence of his chess style" (on Fischer)
"Chess is a beautiful mistress to whom we keep coming back, no matter how many times she rejects us"
"All I want to do, ever, is play chess"
"When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive"
"The Drawing Master"
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"The Tactical Grob"
Over computers en schaken
"The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move"
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"When I am White, I win because I am White" White moves first and therefore has a distinct advantage "when I am Black, I win because I am Bogoljubov"
"It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where he often failed to find a win even in a won position" (on Fischer)
"When you see a good move, look for a better one"
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"The pawn is the soul of chess"
"A bad plan is better than none at all"
"Chess is mental torture"
"All chess masters can play one game blindfolded"
"Conduct the attack so that when the fire is out... it isn't!"
"Only the young generation of fearless fighters can destroy the Fischer myth. You must not let him impose on you his style, which is like snake poison. The old- fashioned way, heavy with security devices, incessant tiptoeing on shallow waters of draws, offers no hope against Fischer"
"Black's reply to 1.e4 with 1..e5 leaves him always trying to get into the game"
"Half the variations which are calculated in a tournament game turn out to be completely superfluous. Unfortunately, no one knows in advance which half"
"I'm against the concept of genius. I'm not saying that genius doesn't exist, but I'm really wary of overestimating it, because I think by overestimating genius you kind of underestimate everybody's ability to excel at the things that they're passionate about"
"Love is: trying your whole life to teach your wife to play chess"
"You may learn much more from a game you lose then from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player"
"Draughts is a less attractive game, infinitely less, but it is more scientific. You see, a step at draughts is irreparable. At chess, however, you can get back, change the disposition of your men, and possibly win"
"For me chess is certainly more than a game - it is my profession. Chess embodies art and creativity. Twenty years ago it was much more of a creative activity than it is today. In those days you had to mainly rely on your own creativity but today there are many other factors such as computers and trainers, which can outweigh that creativity"
"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind"
"Master of Risk Strategy"
"Every important exchange of material alters in some way the character of the position and necessitates a change in the strategical and tactical conduct of the game"
"One has never lost as long as one can offer some threat"
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"Well, I still have my music" (after being beaten 6-0 by Fischer in their Candidates match)
"Chess is a combination of ten games"
"A possible combination lies hidden in each position"
“Chess is first of all a game, but if any succeeds in producing a game which keeps on living and is played over and over again for many years, chess becomes an art”
"There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine"
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"Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people"
In deze rubriek zal van tijd tot tijd iets opmerkelijks worden behandeld. Deze keer;
"I think I blunder more than other Grandmasters. Mostly I specialize in Rook Blunders, which I have done at least a dozen times!"
"Chess is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game"
"The older I grow, the more I value Pawns"
"Leer eindspelen voor al het andere. Einspelen leren je schaken"
"As so often in open games, winning material is a mistake"
"The central defender"
"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 a lifeless mathematical exercise. They are the poetry of the game; they are to Chess what melody is to music. They represent the triumph of mind over matter"
"Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance"
"My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian"
"The winner of a game is the one who has made the next to last blunder"
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"Many have become chess masters, but none have become the master of chess"
"I had very good results against Bobby. But the final score is something I would never reveal unless Bobby consents. Trust is something that is very important to him" (on Fischer)
“Although to many this seems strange, in general I consider that in chess everything rests on tactics. If one thinks of strategy as a block of marble, then tactics are the chisel with which a master operates, in creating works of chess art”
"Simple positions give an inexperienced an opportunity not only to understand, but also to feel deeply what each piece is able to do"
"No chess grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness"
"I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you" (comparing humans with chess computers)
"Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything"
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Korte biografische informatie en partijen van de wereldkampioenen.
Korte biografische informatie en partijen van de wereldkampioene's.
“Chess is intellectual gymnastics”
"The Pawn move is a capital investment. Every one of the forty-eight should, from the beginning, be spent as if it were one of the last forty-eight apprehensive and responsible dollars between yourself and starvation"