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
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.
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…
My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian - Samuel Reshevsky
My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian
What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, to… - Samuel Reshevsky
What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, to…
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,…
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