All chess players know what a combination is. Whether one makes it oneself, or is its victim, or reads of it, it stands out from the rest of the game and stirs one's admiration.
Haste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp. - Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Haste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp.
- 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
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 …
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
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 …
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
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…
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
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…
A defeatist spirit must inevitably lead to disaster. - Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
A defeatist spirit must inevitably lead to disaster.
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
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…
... though combinations are without number, the number of ideas are limited. - Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
... though combinations are without number, the number of ideas are limited.
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
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…
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