“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
“The masters and grandmasters can be divided into three groups - the inveterate time trouble merchants, those who sometimes get into trouble, and those for whom the phenomenon is a very rare occurence.” SometimesTimeThreeTroubleGroupsMastersChessPhenomenonDividedMerchants 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