“You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not lack of deciciveness or slowness, but the employment of a basic endgame principle which is 'Do not hurry'.” MovingPrinciplesPositionChessEmploymentEndgameSlownessCapablanca Author:Alexander Kotov
“Just as the pianist practices the most complicated pieces to improve the technique of his fingers, so too a grandmaster must keep his vision in trim by daily analysis of positions with sharp possibilities, and this applies whether he prefers such positions in his play or not.” PlayVisionPracticePiecesPossibilityPositionTrainingFingersComplicatedTechniqueChessAnalysisPianist Author:Alexander Kotov
“Here is a definition which correctly reflects the course of thought and action of a grandmaster: - The plan in a game of chess is the sum total of successive strategical operations which are each carried out according to separate ideas arising from the demands of the position.” IdeasActionCoursesGamesPlansPositionDemandDefinitionsChessOperationsThoughts And Actions Author:Alexander Kotov
“Anyone who wishes to learn how to play chess well must make himself or herself thoroughly conversant with the play in positions where the players have castled on opposite sides.” WellsPlayWishSidesLearningPlayerPositionOppositesChess Book:The Art of the Middle Game Source: The Art of the Middle Game
“Experience and the constant analysis of the most varied positions builds up a store of knowledge in a player's mind enabling him often at a glance to assess this or that position.” MindLearningPlayerPositionConstantStoresChessAnalysisGlancesEnabling Author:Alexander Kotov
“Go through detailed variations in your own time, think in a general way about the position in the opponent's time and you will soon find that you get into time trouble less often, that your games have more content to them, and that their general standard rises.” ThinkingWayTimeGamesTroublePositionStandardsChessOpponentsVariation Author:Alexander Kotov
