Chess for training: Wijk Aan Zee 2010

«To me chess is poetry, the poetry of fight, intelligence and will.» P. Neruda

«Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists» M. Duchamp

«That's what chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one.» R. J. Fischer

«Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing chess positions accurately.»M.M. Botvinnik

«We have learnt how to organize manufacturing plants, but not our general education, our mental work. I believe I am safe in voicing the opinion that our efforts in chess attain only a hundredth percent of their rightful result. Education in chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized, simply because it is not important enough. You should keep in mind no names, nor numbers, nor isolated incidents, not even results, but only methods . The method is plastic. It is applicable in every situation. The method produces numerous results.» E. Lasker

«If it is true that a player's style is his person, then everyone plays as he is intended to by nature. I am naturally cautious, and I altogether dislike situations which involve risk.» T.V. Petrosian

«Help your pieces so they can help you» P. Morphy

«I believe that real creativity comes when your master the ability to connect different parts of your experience and perception, sometimes even small chaotic pieces of it, witch at first sight don't seem to be directly related. When you're pressed for time it is sometimes necessary to expand the dimension of your brain-work, from logic based on knowledge into the so-called "associative level.»Alexiey Shirov

«I played the strongest chess of my career in the period from 1958 to 1963, i.e. In the years when I was fighting for the chess crown. I was inspired by the struggle itself, but when a person has achieved his desire, his ardour cools. This is inevitable. As you grow older you become sated, and the sharpness of your feelings is gradually erased.»T.V. Petrosian

«Any amateur can look at top-level games, and instead of appreciating the mystery behind the moves they will simply look at the evaluation of the computer. I'm not afraid the computer will find all the ideas and leave no room for imagination.» M.Carlsen

«Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to find first what you are good at.» W. Anand

«Enormous self-belief, intuition, the ability to take a risk at a critical moment and go in for a very dangerous play with counter-chances for the opponent - it is precisely these qualities that distinguish great players.» G.Kasparov.

«Kasparov and I have nothing in common. For me chess was the end, for him it has merely been the means.» A. Karpov

«When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: ‘Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!’»M. Tal

«I like the moment when I break a man’s ego» Bobby Fischer

«It is difficult to play against Einstein’s theory.» M.Tal (on his first loss to Fischer).

«When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive» B. Spassky

«Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train, in 1929.» M.Botvinnik

«Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.» A. Karpov

«Why must I lose to this idiot?»A. Nimzovich

«The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master» B. Larsen

«In 1996, the players at the VSB tournament in Amsterdam sent me a card for my wedding with this dedication 'Anand congrats on your wedding. You were a great player, now be ready to lose 50 points'.» W. Anand

«He who fears an isolated Queen’s Pawn should give up Chess» S. Tarrasch

«The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key.  Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient» A. Nimzovich

«Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.» R.J. Fischer.

«There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine.» M. Tal

«A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it» Wilhelm Steinitz

«Chess was Capablanca’s mother tongue» R.Reti

«A passed Pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes» J.R. Capablanca

«The work of a chess player is similar to a blast furnace process: it is continuous and demands a heated passion for chess.» A. Suetin

«It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well» Siegbert Tarrasch

«Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent» M. Tal

«I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn’t even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess.» M. Carlsen

“No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness». V. Korchnoi

A bad plan is better than none at all» F. Marshall

«I don’t beleve in psichology, i beleve in good moves.» R.J.Fischer

«The battle for the ultimate truth will never be won. And that’s why Chess is so fascinating» H. Kmoch

«Chess is thirty to forty percent psychology. You don’t have this when you play a computer. I can’t confuse it.» J. Polgar

«Chess is 99 percent tactics.» Teichmann

«Look at Garry Kasparov. After he loses, invariably he wins the next game. He just kills the next guy. That’s something that we have to learn to be able to do» M. Ashley

«Self-confidence is very important. If you don’t think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of sheer respect for your opponent. You see the opportunity but also greater limitations than you should. I have always believed in what I do on the chessboard, even when I had no objective reason to. It is better to overestimate your prospects than underestimate them.» M.Carlsen

Chess for training

martedì 19 gennaio 2010

Wijk Aan Zee 2010

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