Endgame Technique Quotes

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

I honestly feel very humble when I study Capablanca's games.

My forte was the middlegame. I had a good feeling for the critical moments of the play. This undoubtedly compensated for my lack of opening preparation and, possibly, not altogether perfect play in the endgame. In my games things often did not reach the endgame!

Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.

When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method.

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.

Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.

Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles

It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position