You have to accustom yourself to practical study at home, you have to devote time to studies, to the history of chess, the development of chess theory, of chess culture.
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
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…
Chess is the art of analysis. - Mikhail Botvinnik
Chess is the art of analysis.
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
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 cannot be taught. Chess can only be learned. - Mikhail Botvinnik
Chess cannot be taught. Chess can only be learned.
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…
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…
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