“Patience is the most valuable trait of the endgame player. In the endgame, the most common errors, besides those resulting from ignorance of theory, are caused by either impatience, complacency, exhaustion, or all of the above.” CommonPlayerIgnoranceTheoryErrorsValuableTraitsComplacencyImpatienceExhaustionEndgame Author:Pal Benko
“Errors have nothing to do with luck; they are caused by time pressure, discomfort or unfamiliarilty with a position, distractions, feelings of intimidation, nervous tension, overambition, excessive caution, and dozens of other psychological factors.” FeelingsMistakePositionPressureLuckErrorsChessPsychologicalFactorsNervousTensionDistractionDozenCautionDiscomfortIntimidation Author:Pal Benko
