“Nowadays grandmasters no longer study their opponent's games so much, but they study his character, his behaviour and his temperament in the most thorough fashion.” CharacterGamesStudyPsychologyFashionOpponentsBehaviourTemperamentThorough Book:200 Open Games Source: 200 Open Games
“Sometimes at lectures I am asked: how would the champions of the last century play today? I think that, after making a hurried study of modern openings, and watching one or two tournaments, the champions of the last century, and indeed the century before that, would very quickly occupy the same place that they occupied when they were alive.” ThinkingTwoSometimesPlayTodayLastsStudyAliveModernCenturyChessOpeningChampionLecturesTournaments Author:David Bronstein
“It would be as naive to study the song of the nightingale, as it would be ridiculous to try and win a King's Gambit against a representative of the old chess guard.” TryingWould BeSongWinningStudyKingsRidiculousChessOpeningRepresentativesNaiveNightingalesGambit Book:200 Open Games Source: 200 Open Games
