Alexander Kotov Quotes
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The placing of the centre pawns determines the "topography" of a game of chess.
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In analysing complicated variations one must examine each branch of the tree once and once only.
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Experience and the constant analysis of the most varied positions builds up a store of knowledge in a player's mind enabling him often at a glance to assess this or that position.
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Time trouble is blunder time.
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All candidate moves should be identified at once and listed in one's head. This job cannot be done piecemeal, by first examining one move and then look at another.
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You must not let your opponent know how you feel.
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The rise of the Soviet school to the summit of world chess is a logical result of socialist cultural development.
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The masters and grandmasters can be divided into three groups - the inveterate time trouble merchants, those who sometimes get into trouble, and those for whom the phenomenon is a very rare occurence.
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Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth.
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My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory.
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It is better to follow out a plan consistently even if it isn't the best one than to play without a plan at all. The worst thing is to wander about aimlessly.