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To be at their best,bishops require open diagonals and attackable weaknesses.
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Chess is not relaxing; it's stressful even if you win. - Jennifer Shahade
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It is always better to sacrifice your opponents' men. - Savielly Tartakower
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I leave this to you. - Bobby Fischer
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The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters. - Jose Capablanca
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No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics. - Samuel Reshevsky
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It is very difficult to play a single blitz game! You want to play for a long time. So I tend not to do that anymore. - Viswanathan Anand
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I still hope to kill Fischer. - Boris Spassky
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When you absolutely don't know what to do anymore, it is time to panic. - John van der Wiel
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When behind in material,trade pawns,not pieces.
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Perpetual check looms in all queen endings.
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When your opponent has one or more pieces exposed, look for a combination.
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Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it. - Bobby Fischer
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You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances. - Bobby Fischer
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When you trade, the key concern is not always the value of the pieces being exchanged, but what's left on the board. - Dan Heisman
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Try to play after your opponent has eaten or drunk freely. - Luis Ramírez de Lucena (c. 1465 – c.1530)
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Chess is such a ridiculously silly game sometimes... - Hikaru Nakamura
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The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard. - Aaron Nimzovich
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Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience. - Samuel Reshevsky
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I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one. - David Levy
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