The placing of the centre pawns determines the "topography" of a game of chess..

Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess genius of all time!.

Go through detailed variations in your own time, think in a general way about the position in the opponent's time and you will soon find that you get….

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….

In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop with….

You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not lack of decicive….

The main thing that develops positional judgement, that perfects it and makes it many-sided, is detailed analytical work, sensible tournament practic….

I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer to which his opponent res….

It is better to follow out a plan consistently even if it isn't the best one than to play without a plan at all. The worst thing is to wander about a….

Here is a definition which correctly reflects the course of thought and action of a grandmaster: - The plan in a game of chess is the sum total of su….

If a chess statistician were to try and satisfy his curiousity over which stage of the game proved decisive in the majority of cases, he would certai….

You must not let your opponent know how you feel..

Just as the pianist practices the most complicated pieces to improve the technique of his fingers, so too a grandmaster must keep his vision in trim ….

All candidate moves should be identified at once and listed in one's head. This job cannot be done piecemeal, by first examining one move and then lo….

In choosing an opening plan players think most of all of harmonious development for the pieces, but sometimes leave the development of the queen out ….

There is no doubt that the reason for my awful oversight was over-confidence that sapped my sense of danger. So that is where to look for the cause o….

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 hav….

Sit there for five hours? Certainly not! A player must walk about between moves, it helps his thinking..

If your opponent is short (on time), play just as you played earlier in the game. If you are short keep calm, I repeat, don't get flustered. Keep up ….

When you have finished analyzing all the variations and gone along all the branches of the tree of analysis you must first of all write the move down….

Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth..