A strong player requires only a few minutes of thought to get to the heart of the conflict. You see a solution immediately, and half an hour later merely convince yourself that your intuition has not deceived you.
Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game. - David Bronstein
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
To lose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game.
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
There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than lively piec…
In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once. - David Bronstein
In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once.
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
Even in the heat of a middlegame battle the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending.
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
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…
Far from all of the obvious moves that go without saying are correct. - David Bronstein
Far from all of the obvious moves that go without saying are correct.
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
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…
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
Chess is infinite, and one has to make only one ill-considered move, and one's opponent's wildest dreams will become reality.
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