How is it to be explained that something inside me revolts against the playing of obvious moves? Perhaps we may perceive the underlying reason in the fact that I derive satisfaction from seeking to reveal the concealed meaning of a position by means of maneuvering play and therefore I do not wish to see this satisfaction curtailed by a banal, more or less fortuitous decision. Naturally, this phenomenon is played out beneath the threshold of consciousness. The waking consciousness will, of course, in each individual case, give preference to the more rapid means of deciding the game.
If in a battle, I seize a bit of debatable land with a handful of soldiers, without having done anything to prevent an enemy bombardment of the posit… - Aron Nimzowitsch
If in a battle, I seize a bit of debatable land with a handful of soldiers, without having done anything to prevent an enemy bombardment of the posit…
- Aron Nimzowitsch
Do not always be thinking of attack! Moves that safeguard your position are often far more prudent. - Aron Nimzowitsch
Do not always be thinking of attack! Moves that safeguard your position are often far more prudent.
In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors. - Aron Nimzowitsch
In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors.
The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it. - Aron Nimzowitsch
The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.
Giving up the center must not here be regarded as illogical. Was happiness no happiness because it endured for just a short time? One cannot always b… - Aron Nimzowitsch
Giving up the center must not here be regarded as illogical. Was happiness no happiness because it endured for just a short time? One cannot always b…
How can I lose to such an idiot? - Aron Nimzowitsch
How can I lose to such an idiot?
The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is a mere 'super', in the e… - Aron Nimzowitsch
The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is a mere 'super', in the e…
The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard - Aron Nimzowitsch
The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard
The threat is stronger than the execution. - Aron Nimzowitsch
The threat is stronger than the execution.
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