If you are going to make your mark among masters, you have to work far harder and more intensively, or, to put it more exactly, the work is far more complex than that needed to gain the title of Master.More Michael Botvinnik quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Chess is the art of analysis.More Michael Botvinnik quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

When my opponent's clock is going I discuss general considerations in an internal dialogue with myself. When my own clock is going I analyse conctrete variations.More Michael Botvinnik quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

It is a well known fact that almost all the outstanding chess-players have been first-class analysts.More Michael Botvinnik quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Memorization of variations could be even worse than playing in a tournament without looking in the books at all.More Michael Botvinnik quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]