Above all else, before playing in competitions a player must have regard to his health, for if he is suffering from ill-health he cannot hope for success. In this connection the best of all tonics is 15 to 20 days in the fresh air, in the country.
Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline - Mikhail Botvinnik
Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline
- Mikhail Botvinnik
The boy (then a 12 year old boy named Anatoly Karpov)doesn't have a clue about Chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession - Mikhail Botvinnik
The boy (then a 12 year old boy named Anatoly Karpov)doesn't have a clue about Chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession
When my opponent's clock is going I discuss general considerations in an internal dialogue with myself. When my own clock is going I analyse conctret… - Mikhail Botvinnik
When my opponent's clock is going I discuss general considerations in an internal dialogue with myself. When my own clock is going I analyse conctret…
If you are weak in the endgame, you must spend more time analysing studies; in your training games you must aim at transposing to endgames, which wil… - Mikhail Botvinnik
If you are weak in the endgame, you must spend more time analysing studies; in your training games you must aim at transposing to endgames, which wil…
If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don't take it. - Mikhail Botvinnik
If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don't take it.
Every great master will find it useful to have his own theory on the openings, which only he himself knows, a theory which is closely linked with pla… - Mikhail Botvinnik
Every great master will find it useful to have his own theory on the openings, which only he himself knows, a theory which is closely linked with pla…
I ... have two vocations: chess and engineering. If I played chess only, I believe that my success would not have been significantly greater. I can p… - Mikhail Botvinnik
I ... have two vocations: chess and engineering. If I played chess only, I believe that my success would not have been significantly greater. I can p…
Chess is the art of analysis. - Mikhail Botvinnik
Chess is the art of analysis.
Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability to o… - Mikhail Botvinnik
Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability to o…
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