It is very important to learn to weigh up objectively (or assess intuitively) the totality of the competitive and psychological factors.

As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.

Training in analysis (like any other form of chess training) should be treated very seriously.

I feel that it is no less interesting to be a trainer than to play oneself. I even take greater delight in the tournament successes of my lads than I do in my own.

In positions of strategic manoeuvring (where time is not of decisive importance) seek the worst-placed piece. Activating that piece is often the most reliable way of improving your position as a whole.

It is not possible to become a great player without having learned how to analyse deeply and accurately.

It is hardly useful if you trustingly play through variation after variation from a book. It is a great deal more useful and more interesting if you take part actively in the analysis, find something yourself, and try to refute some of the author's conclusions.