“Do not always be thinking of attack! Moves that safeguard your position are often far more prudent.” ThinkingMovingPositionPrudent 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
“If in a battle, I seize a bit of debatable land with a handful of soldiers, without having done anything to prevent an enemy bombardment of the position, would it ever occur to me to speak of a conquest of the terrain in question? Obviously not. Then why should I do so in chess?” IfsShouldDoneSpeakBitsEnemyLandPositionBattleStrategySoldierChessShould IConquestHandfulTerrain Author:Aron Nimzowitsch
