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A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!
Bent Larsen
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Bent Larsen
Age: 75 †
Born: 1935
Born: March 4
Died: 2010
Died: September 9
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Chess Player
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Jørgen Bent Larsen
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Among top grandmasters the Dutch is a rare defense, which is good reason to play it! It has not been studied very deeply by many opponents, and theory, based on a small number of 'reliable' games, must be rather unreliable.
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Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won.
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The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position I am lucky, since these comments have not harmed me too much.
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