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The middlegame I repeat is chess itself, chess with all its possibilities, its attacks, defences, sacrifices, etc.
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
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Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Age: 70 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 16
Died: 1954
Died: December 31
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The King plays a most important part in the endgame, and gains in power and activity as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. Acting in eight different directions, he becomes, instead of the weakest piece, one of the most formidable units.
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The study of combinations should enrich the analytical spirit of studious amateurs. Thereafter the most gifted among them will be able to catch some sparks of the genius of masters, and in addition some rays of the glory that is the masters.
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It is unjust, and sometimes very untrue, though it is a common theory, to hold that it is sacrifices which make the beauty of a combination, and that the combination is prettier by the magnitude of the sacrifices.
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Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory.
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Avoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess.
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Inexperienced players have a fear of this piece, which seems to them enigmatic, mysterious, and astonishing in its power. We must admit that it has remarkable characteristics which compel respect and occasionally surprise the most wary players.
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A defeatist spirit must inevitably lead to disaster.
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It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan
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All conceptions in the game of chess have a geometrical basis.
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