Quotes by Samuel Reshevsky

Samuel Reshevsky

By playing slowly during the early phases of a game I am able to grasp the basic requirements of each position. Then, despite being in time pressure, I have no difficulty in finding the best continuation. Incidentally, it is an odd fact that more often than not it is my opponent who gets the jitters when I am compelled to make these hurried moves.

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Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating.

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My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian

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No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.

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The only good Rook is a working Rook!

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What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded.

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Quotes by Samuel Reshevsky

Samuel Reshevsky

Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating.

My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian

No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.

The only good Rook is a working Rook!

What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded.

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