“Do not always be thinking of attack! Moves that safeguard your position are often far more prudent.” ThinkingMovingPositionPrudent Author:Aron Nimzowitsch
“The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.” InspirationalMovingLyingSportsBehindsBeautyAppearanceChess Author:Aron Nimzowitsch
“How is it to be explained that something inside me revolts against the playing of obvious moves? Perhaps we may perceive the underlying reason in the fact that I derive satisfaction from seeking to reveal the concealed meaning of a position by means of maneuvering play and therefore I do not wish to see this satisfaction curtailed by a banal, more or less fortuitous decision. Naturally, this phenomenon is played out beneath the threshold of consciousness. The waking consciousness will, of course, in each individual case, give preference to the more rapid means of deciding the game.” GivingMayMeanReasonPlayFactsMovingCoursesGamesIndividualWishDecisionConsciousnessCasesPositionSatisfactionObviousSeekingPerceivePhenomenonWakingPreferenceRapidsConcealedRevoltThresholdFortuitous 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
