“Don't worry about your rating, work on your playing strength and your rating will follow.” Quote by Dan Heisman
“Anyone who wishes to learn how to play chess well must make himself or herself thoroughly conversant with the play in positions where the players have castled on opposite sides.” WellsPlayWishSidesLearningPlayerPositionOppositesChess Book:The Art of the Middle Game Source: The Art of the Middle Game
“The main thing that develops positional judgement, that perfects it and makes it many-sided, is detailed analytical work, sensible tournament practice, a self-critical attitude to your games and a rooting out of all the defects in your play.” SelfPlayGamesAttitudePracticeLearningCriticalChessJudgementSensibleDefectsTournaments Author:Alexander Kotov
“My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory.” HardResultsLearningStudyFieldsHard WorkTheoryAchievementChessImmense Author:Alexander Kotov
“I soon realized that it is not enough for a master simply to analyse variations scrupulously just like an accountant. He must learn to work out which particular moves he should consider and then examine just as many variations as necessary - no more and no less.” ShouldEnoughMovingLearningParticularMastersWork OutChessVariationAccountants Author:Alexander Kotov
“Experience and the constant analysis of the most varied positions builds up a store of knowledge in a player's mind enabling him often at a glance to assess this or that position.” MindLearningPlayerPositionConstantStoresChessAnalysisGlancesEnabling Author:Alexander Kotov
“Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth.” GrowthLearningWeaknessDrawingChessConclusionStimulusDrawing Conclusions Author:Alexander Kotov
“The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster than others.” LearningDevelopmentTruth IsOrdinaryChessFasterPace Author:Anatoly Karpov
“Playing without a concurrent critical review of one's skills will simply get you nowhere.” LearningSkillsCriticalChessReviews Author:Edmar Mednis
“The key to ultimate succcess is the determination to progress day by day.” LearningProgressKeysDeterminationUltimateChess Author:Edmar Mednis
“The most intelligent inspection of any number of fine paintings will not make the observer a painter, nor will listening to a number of operas make the hearer a musician, but good judges of music and painting may so be formed. Chess differs from these. The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play of others.” MayPlayGamesNumbersLearningPlayerFailingPaintingJudgingListeningFineReaderMusicianIntelligentChessPainterOperaObserversInspectionGood Judges Author:Emanuel Lasker