We should praise, rather, the courage of the player who, relying only on his intuition, plunges into a brilliant combination of which the issue does …

- Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

Haste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp.

- Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

A defeatist spirit must inevitably lead to disaster.

- Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing …

- Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

... though combinations are without number, the number of ideas are limited.

- Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

To find the best moves great Masters, with years of experience, engage in laborious research, and the moves thus found are blindly repeated by amateu…

- Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

The King plays a most important part in the endgame, and gains in power and activity as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. Acting in eight…

- Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

Inexperienced players have a fear of this piece, which seems to them enigmatic, mysterious, and astonishing in its power. We must admit that it has r…

- Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

It is unjust, and sometimes very untrue, though it is a common theory, to hold that it is sacrifices which make the beauty of a combination, and that…

- Eugene Znosko-Borovsky