Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Strarter's Gambit


A pawn's rebellion.
The pawns are the soul of chess.
Philidor


 

Chess is mental torture.
Garry Kasparov


For me, art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.
Vladimir Kramnik



Even a poor plan is better than no plan at all.
Mikhail Chigorin


 


The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do.
Gerald Abrahams


The slowness of genius is hard to bear. But the slowness of mediocrity is intolerable.
 Henry Thomas Buckle


 
Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.
Mikhail Botvinnik


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