“The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and play in cafes and clubs: a neurasthenic individual, whose nerves and brains are continually working at tension: a one-sided person who has given up his whole soul to chess.” PeoplePersonsSoulPlayWholeIndividualGivenBrainImagineMastersMajorityClubsChessSmokeAtmosphereTensionNervesGiven UpCafesOne Sided Author:Richard Reti
“It is a profound mistake to imagine mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned. Every player knows that all (or almost all) combinations arise from a recollection of familiar elements.” KnowsArtNaturalMistakeImaginePlayerTalentDependsElementsProfoundChessAriseFamiliarCombinationImagine ThatRecollectionNatural Talent Author:Richard Reti