Chess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization.
The knight is renowned for, among other things, its suitability as a blockader ... Because its strength lies in short-range operations it is not unco… - Samuel Reshevsky
The knight is renowned for, among other things, its suitability as a blockader ... Because its strength lies in short-range operations it is not unco…
- Samuel Reshevsky
We often hear the terms 'positional' and 'tactical' used as opposites. But this is as wrong as to consider a painting's composition unrelated to its … - Samuel Reshevsky
We often hear the terms 'positional' and 'tactical' used as opposites. But this is as wrong as to consider a painting's composition unrelated to its …
Chess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization. - Samuel Reshevsky
My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian - Samuel Reshevsky
My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian
By playing slowly during the early phases of a game I am able to grasp the basic requirements of each position. Then, despite being in time pressure,… - Samuel Reshevsky
By playing slowly during the early phases of a game I am able to grasp the basic requirements of each position. Then, despite being in time pressure,…
Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating. - Samuel Reshevsky
Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating.
Tartakower once wrote that after planting a Knight in the center you can go to sleep. This is not to be taken literally, of course, but it contains m… - Samuel Reshevsky
Tartakower once wrote that after planting a Knight in the center you can go to sleep. This is not to be taken literally, of course, but it contains m…
It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame. - Samuel Reshevsky
It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame.
No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics. - Samuel Reshevsky
No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.
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