I have also known some of the world's finest brains and some of these, though passionately fond of chess, have been pretty poor players. I used to kn….

Barcza is the most versatile player in the opening. He sometimes plays P-KKt3 on the first, sometimes on the second, sometimes on the third, and some….

Books on the openings abound; nor are works on the end game wanting; but those on the middle game can be counted on the fingers of one hand..