Occupation: Writer Birth: April 13, 1963
All women are inferior to men..
Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make a decision, any decision, eve….
If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure..
A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or n….
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 opp….
It is better to have a bad plan than no plan..
We think about time as something not to waste, not as something to invest..
Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles.
Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable..
The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general – is not trusting their instincts enough..
Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solv….
If you don't take risks, you don't drink champagne..
The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do..
Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of di….
Chess is an art and not a spectator sport..
The only way to fail for me is just not to try..
Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by..
Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down..
It's not enough to be talented. It's not enough to work hard and to study late into the night. You must also become intimately aware of the methods y….
Learning from our mistakes is critical for improving, but even I don't have patience for ranking my regrets. Regret is a negative emotion that inhibi….
Chess is mental torture..