“When you have finished analyzing all the variations and gone along all the branches of the tree of analysis you must first of all write the move down on your score sheet, before you play it.” WritingFirstsPlayMovingGoneTreeFinishedAnalysisBranchesScoreSheetsVariationAnalyzing Author:Alexander Kotov
“All candidate moves should be identified at once and listed in one's head. This job cannot be done piecemeal, by first examining one move and then look at another.” ShouldFirstsLooksDoneJobsMovingCandidatesExaminingOne Piece Author:Alexander Kotov
“Once in a Moscow chess club I saw how two first-category players knocked pieces off the board as they were exchanged, so that the pieces fell onto the floor. It was as if they were playing skittles and not chess!” IfsFirstsTwoSawsPiecesPlayerClubsChessBoardsCategoriesMoscowSkittles Author:Alexander Kotov
“If you can play the first ten or fifteen moves in just as many minutes, you can be in a state of bliss for the rest of the game. If, on the other hand, Bronstein thinks for forty minutes about his first move, then time trouble is inevitable.” IfsThinkingFirstsStatesPlayHandsMovingTimeGamesTroubleMinutesTenChessInevitableBlissFortyFifteen Author:Alexander Kotov
