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David Bronstein

David Ionovich Bronstein (Russian: Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet chess grandmaster, who narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951. Bronstein was one of the world's strongest players from the mid-1940s into the mid-1970s, and was described by his peers as a creative genius and master of tactics. He was also a renowned chess writer, and his book Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 is widely considered one of the greatest chess books ever written.

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To lose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game.

Attitude, Games, Mean, Position, Ruining

Nowadays grandmasters no longer study their opponent's games so much, but they study his character, his behaviour and his temperament in the most thorough fashion.

Character, Fashion, Games, Longer

A game of chess is not an examination of knowledge; it is a battle of nerves.

Battle, Chess, Games, Knowledge, Nerves

There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than lively piece play, but in our day the latter is more often preferred.

Backward, Disputing, Eye, Piece, Pieces, Play

When everything on the board is clear it can be so difficult to conceal your thoughts from your opponent.

Boards, Chess, Clear, Opponent, Opponents, Thoughts

Far from all of the obvious moves that go without saying are correct.

Chess, Moves, Moving, Obvious, Saying, Success

Two passed pawns advancing on the enemy pieces have brought me more than a dozen points in tournaments.

Advancing, Enemy, Passed, Pieces, Points, Two

A strong player requires only a few minutes of thought to get to the heart of the conflict. You see a solution immediately, and half an hour later merely convince yourself that your intuition has not deceived you.

Deceived, Heart, Intuition, Strong, Time

There is not a single true chess-player in the world whose heart does not beat faster at the mere sound of such long beloved and familiar words as 'gambit games'.

Familiar, Games, Heart, Player, Single, Words

Even in the heat of a middlegame battle the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending.

Battle, Chess, Heat, Master, Mind

The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is.

Chess, Essence, Thinking

Chess is imagination.

Chess, Imagination

If you have made a mistake or committed an inaccuracy there is no need to become annoyed and to think that everything is lost. You have to reorientate yourself quickly and find a new plan in the new situation.

Annoyed, Everything, Mistake, Situation, Thinking

It would be as naive to study the song of the nightingale, as it would be ridiculous to try and win a King's Gambit against a representative of the old chess guard.

Chess, Kings, Naive, Old, Song, Winning

Theory regards this opening as incorrect, but it is impossible to agree with this. Out of the five tournament games played by me with the King's Gambit, I have won all five.

Chess, Games, Impossible, Kings, Opening

Sometimes at lectures I am asked: how would the champions of the last century play today? I think that, after making a hurried study of modern openings, and watching one or two tournaments, the champions of the last century, and indeed the century before that, would very quickly occupy the same place that they occupied when they were alive.

Hurried, Occupied, Play, Thinking, Tournaments, Two

Some pieces in the King's Indian appear on a 'special price' list: the dark square bishops are at the top of that list.

Dark, Kings, Price, Square, Squares, Top

In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once.

Chess, Life, Opportunity, Success

The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move

Chess, Move, Moving, Next Move, Powerful

Chess is infinite, and one has to make only one ill-considered move, and one's opponent's wildest dreams will become reality.

Dream, Move, Moving, Reality, Wildest