“The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we're in a new era right now. The idea that kids can play video games like Grand Theft Auto or any video game is amazing. The video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.” ImportantIdeasPlayWholeKidsFilmCultureUniverseGamesStepsAliveRight NowImportant ThingsVideoErasTheftNew EraDieselGrand Theft Auto Author:Vin Diesel
“All chess masters can play one game blindfolded.” PlayGamesMastersChessBlindfolded Author:George Koltanowski
“Having spent 200 hours on the above, the young player, even if he possesses no special talent for chess, is likely to be among those two or three thousand chessplayers [who play on a par with a master]. There are, however, a quarter of a million chessplayers who annually spend no fewer than 200 hours on chess without making any progress. Without going into any further calculations, I can assert with a high degree of certainty that nowadays we achieve only a fraction of what we are capable of achieving.” IfsI CanTwoPlayYoungThreeHoursMillionsPlayerProgressAchieveSpecialTalentMastersThousandDegreesCapableChessCertaintyQuartersFewerCalculationsFractionsSpecial Talents Author:Emanuel Lasker
“We perceive after a careful consideration of the evolution of the chess mind that such evolution has gone on, in general, in a way quite similar to that in which it goes on with the individual chess player, only with the latter more rapidly.” WayMindIndividualGonePlayerGoes OnEvolutionCarefulChessPerceiveConsiderationLatterChess Players Author:Richard Reti
“The delight in gambits is a sign of chess youth... In very much the same way as the young man, on reaching his manhood years, lays aside the Indian stories and stories of adventure, and turns to the psychological novel, we with maturing experience leave off gambit playing and become interested in the less vivacious but withal more forceful manoeuvres of the position player.” MenWayYearsStoriesYoungTurnsNovelPlayerPositionYouthAdventureLaysDelightChessPsychologicalIndianYoung ManReachingMatureManhoodGambitVivacious Author:Emanuel Lasker
“A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history and one which we cannot impress forcibly enough upon the young chess player. A beginner should avoid Queen's Gambit and French Defence and play open games instead! While he may not win as many games at first, he will in the long run be amply compensated by acquiring a thorough knowledge of the game” ShouldFirstsMayLongEnoughPlayRunningYoungGamesWinningPlayerTestsFoundationChessQueensLong RunsImpressTacticsDefenceThoroughBeginnersChess GameChess PlayersThorough KnowledgeGambit Author:Richard Reti
“Nimzovitch became then for me more or less the author of the only book which could help me get away from these Euwe books, which, I admit, are very good for the ordinary club player. But once you've reached a certain strength you get the impression that everything that Euwe writes is a lie.” WritingBookHelpingLyingCertainPlayerOrdinaryVery GoodClubsChessImpressionHelp MeGet Away Author:Bent Larsen
“Often you will find the opposite situation. The author seems to have interesting ideas, but he is not able to illustrate them with decent examples. If a grandmaster is commenting on one of his own games, then there is usually not any problem: his general thoughts are closely tied up with what is happening on the board. But as soon as he starts writing an article or book on a different theme the difficulties begin, as he may not have suitable material to hand.” IfsWritingMayBookIdeasDifferentProblemHandsSeemsAbleGamesInterestingSituationExampleMaterialsHappeningsOppositesDifficultyChessBoardsThemeDecentArticlesTiedSuitableTied UpInteresting Ideas Author:Mark Dvoretsky
