“The first essential for an attack is the will to attack.” FirstsEssentialsStrategyChess Author:Savielly Tartakower
“The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, otherwise the player with the better position runs the risk of losing it.” TryingRunningPlayerRiskPositionLosingAdvantageTasksStrategyChessPermanentTemporary Author:Wilhelm Steinitz
“Just as it is wrong to work on chess by studying only the first 10-15 moves, so it is wrong to play one and the same opening system, even though it be rich in variations and nuances.” FirstsPlayMovingStudyRichStrategyChessOpeningVariationNuance Author:Efim Geller
“The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.” PlayChoicesPlayerStyleDependsQuietAimStrategyChessOpeningBoardsDisposition Author:Efim Geller
“Chess strategy as such today is still in its diapers, despite Tarrasch's statement 'We live today in a beautiful time of progress in all fields'. Not even the slightest attempt has been made to explore and formulate the laws of chess strategy.” Has BeensMadeStillsTodayBeautifulLawProgressFieldsStrategyChessStatementsDespiteLive For TodayDiapers Author:Aron Nimzowitsch
“When Alekhine recognizes the weakness in his position he has a tendency to become very aggressive. Patient defence is not for him if he can see the slightest chance of creating an attack. Yet sound strategy often demands that you submit to the opponent's will so as to strengthen your weaknesses and get rid of defects in your game.” IfsGamesSoundChancePositionDemandCreatingWeaknessStrategyPatientChessTendenciesOpponentsAggressiveSubmitDefectsDefenceAlekhine Author:Emanuel Lasker
“However hopeless the situation appears to be there yet always exists the possibility of putting up a stubborn resistance.” SituationPossibilityStrategyChessResistanceHopelessStubborn Book:The Art of the Middle Game Source: The Art of the Middle Game
“You have to relax when you're shooting an arrow. You can't be tense. And that just helps, in your day-to-day life.” HelpingShootingRelaxHuntingDay To DayArrowsTenseDay LifeDay To Day LifeArchery Author:Stephen Amell
“The No. 1 rule in duck hunting is to go where the ducks are.” HuntingDucksArcheryDuck Hunting Author:Jase Robertson
“If you need more than 10 rounds to hunt, and some argue they hunt with that many rounds, you shouldn't be hunting. If you can't get the deer in 3 shots, you shouldn't be hunting. You are an embarrassment.” IfsNeedsShotsRoundsArguingHuntingHuntsEmbarrassmentDeerArchery Author:Joe Biden