My fascination for studies proved highly beneficial, it assisted the development of my aesthetic understanding of chess, and … - Vasily Smyslov

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Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language - it's from the Latin word cor, meaning heart - and the original definition was to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.

Vasily Smyslov

My fascination for studies proved highly beneficial, it assisted the development of my aesthetic understanding of chess, and improved my endgame play.

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In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.

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No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess game a work of art, if these qualities do not lead to the main goal - the search for truth.

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Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.

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My study of chess was accompanied by a strong attraction to music, and it was probably thanks to this that from childhood I became accustomed to thinking of chess as an art, for all the science and sport involved in it.

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The first chess book that I read was Dufresne's self-tutor, published with Lasker's Common Sense in Chess as an appendix.

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