Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.

- David Bronstein

To lose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game.

- David Bronstein

There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than lively piec…

- David Bronstein

In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once.

- David Bronstein

Even in the heat of a middlegame battle the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending.

- David Bronstein

Theory regards this opening as incorrect, but it is impossible to agree with this. Out of the five tournament games played by me with the King's Gamb…

- David Bronstein

Far from all of the obvious moves that go without saying are correct.

- David Bronstein

Sometimes at lectures I am asked: how would the champions of the last century play today? I think that, after making a hurried study of modern openin…

- David Bronstein

Chess is infinite, and one has to make only one ill-considered move, and one's opponent's wildest dreams will become reality.

- David Bronstein