Hans Kmoch famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.
The women has her own battlefield with every child she brings into the world she fights a battle for the nation
During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.
Chess is not only knowledge and logic
Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.
As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.
Combination is a soul of chess.
During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk
Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words.
The battle for the ultimate truth will never be won. And that's why chess is so fascinating.

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