“I cannot think that a player genuinely loving the game can get pleasure just from the number of points scored no matter how impressive the total. I will not speak of myself, but for the masters of the older generation, from whose games we learned, the aesthetic side was the most important. -” ThinkingImportantMatterGamesSpeakSidesPleasureNumbersBeautyPlayerGenerationsMastersChessAestheticImpressiveOlder Generation Author:Alexander Kotov
“In choosing an opening plan players think most of all of harmonious development for the pieces, but sometimes leave the development of the queen out of their considerations. Yet the Queen is the most valuable and important piece and the whole outcome can depend upon how successfully she plays her role.” ThinkingImportantSometimesPlayWholeRolesPiecesPlayerPlansDependsDevelopmentValuableChessOpeningQueensOutcomesConsiderationHarmonious Author:Alexander Kotov
“Sit there for five hours? Certainly not! A player must walk about between moves, it helps his thinking.” ThinkingHelpingMovingSuccessHoursWalksFivePlayerChess 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
“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
