“The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is a mere 'super', in the endgame on the other hand - on of the 'principals'. We must therefore develop him, bring him nearer to the fighting line.” HandsFormFightingLinesKingsStrategyMereChessChiefsCharacteristicsPrincipalMobilityEndgame Author:Aron Nimzowitsch
“When I today ask myself whence I got the moral courage, for it takes moral courage to make a move (or form a plan) running counter to all tradition, I think I may say in answer, that it was only my intense preoccupation with the problem of the blockade which helped me to do so.” ThinkingMayProblemRunningTodayMovingFormAsksAnswersMoralPlansTraditionStrategyChessIntensePreoccupationMoral CourageMake A MoveBlockades Author:Aron Nimzowitsch