Occupation: Writer Birth: January 7, 1916 Death: June 5, 1975
Chess is a test of wills..
In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody.
Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings..
However hopeless the situation appears to be there yet always exists the possibility of putting up a stubborn resistance..
An innovation need not be especially ingenious, but it must be well worked out..
A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining ….
In the endgame, an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance..
I was unlucky, like my country..