“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
“First restrain, next blockade, lastly destroy.” FirstsNextStrategyChessBlockades Author:Aron Nimzowitsch
“Strategically important points should be overprotected. If the pieces are so engaged, they get their regard in the fact that they will then find themselves well posted in every respect.” IfsShouldWellsImportantFactsPiecesRegardStrategyChessEngaged 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
“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
“Chess strategy as such today is still in its diapers, despite Tarrasch's statement 'We live today in a beautiful time of progress in all fields'. Not even the slightest attempt has been made to explore and formulate the laws of chess strategy.” Has BeensMadeStillsTodayBeautifulLawProgressFieldsStrategyChessStatementsDespiteLive For TodayDiapers Author:Aron Nimzowitsch
