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Chess master

Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, born on August 16, 1884, and died on December 31, 1954, was a renowned chess master in the early 20th century. He was known for his exceptional skill and unique style of play.

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Famous Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Quotes

“Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory.”

Games Understanding Memories Chess

Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

“... though combinations are without number, the number of ideas are limited.”

Ideas Numbers Chess Combination

Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

“All chess players know what a combination is. Whether one makes it oneself, or is its victim, or reads of it, it stands out from the rest of the game and stirs one's admiration.”

Knows Games Player Victim Oneself Chess Combination Admiration Standing Out Chess Players

Book:The Art of Chess Combination

Source: The Art of Chess Combination

“It has been stated that a characteristic mark of a combination is surprise; surprise for the defender, not for the assailant, since otherwise the combination will probably be unsound.”

Has Beens Mark Surprise Chess Combination Characteristics Defenders

Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

“We should praise, rather, the courage of the player who, relying only on his intuition, plunges into a brilliant combination of which the issue does not appear to him too clear.”

Should Doe Issues Clear Player Praise Intuition Brilliant Chess Combination Plunge

Book:The Art of Chess Combination

Source: The Art of Chess Combination

“The study of combinations should enrich the analytical spirit of studious amateurs. Thereafter the most gifted among them will be able to catch some sparks of the genius of masters, and in addition some rays of the glory that is the masters.”

Should Able Spirit Study Masters Genius Glory Chess Combination Sparks Rays Gifted Studious

Book:The Art of Chess Combination

Source: The Art of Chess Combination

“All conceptions in the game of chess have a geometrical basis.”

Games Bases Chess Conception

Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

“The King plays a most important part in the endgame, and gains in power and activity as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. Acting in eight different directions, he becomes, instead of the weakest piece, one of the most formidable units.”

Important Different Play Numbers Acting Pieces Kings Activity Gains Eight Chess Boards Units Diminish Formidable Different Directions Endgame

Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

“Inexperienced players have a fear of this piece, which seems to them enigmatic, mysterious, and astonishing in its power. We must admit that it has remarkable characteristics which compel respect and occasionally surprise the most wary players.”

Seems Pieces Player Surprise Chess Mysterious Characteristics Remarkable Knights Astonishing Enigmatic

Book:The Art of Chess Combination

Source: The Art of Chess Combination

“It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all.”

Would Be Wish Learning Achievement Method Chess Idle Presumptuous Alekhine

Book:The Art of Chess Combination

Source: The Art of Chess Combination

“It is unjust, and sometimes very untrue, though it is a common theory, to hold that it is sacrifices which make the beauty of a combination, and that the combination is prettier by the magnitude of the sacrifices.”

Sometimes Common Sacrifice Theory Chess Combination Unjust Magnitude Untrue

Book:The Art of Chess Combination

Source: The Art of Chess Combination

“It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan”

Moving Plans Strategy Chess Chess Game

Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

“The middlegame I repeat is chess itself, chess with all its possibilities, its attacks, defences, sacrifices, etc.”

Sacrifice Possibility Chess Repeats Etc Defence

Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

“A defeatist spirit must inevitably lead to disaster.”

Spirit Losing Chess Disaster

Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

“Haste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp.”

Feels Mistake Dangerous Victory Chess Haste

Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

“To find the best moves great Masters, with years of experience, engage in laborious research, and the moves thus found are blindly repeated by amateurs without any attempt to fathom their real meaning and how and why they stand in their context.”

Years Real Moving Found Mistake Masters Research Chess Fathom Years Of Experience

Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

“Avoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess.”

Ends Mistake Chess Mastery Avoidance

Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

“Haste, the great enemy.”

Mistake Enemy Chess Haste

Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

About the Author

Born: August 16, 1884
Died: December 31, 1954
Known for: Chess master
Quotes: 18

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