Bloomsbury USA

I confess that I am often lost in all the dimensions of time, that the past sometimes feels nearer than the present and I often fear the future has already happened

Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved by experience.

What am I lacking? What are my strengths? What type of challenges do I tend to avoid and why?

Self-awareness is essential to being able to combine your knowledge, experience, and talent to reach your peak performance.

Without a goal your play would be aimless. You might be a master tactician, but you’ll have no sense of strategy.

what conditions would need to be fulfilled for his attack to succeed.

for every move always ask “Why?” and continue to ask it every time you come up with an answer or a new idea

What conditions are necessary for our strategy to succeed? What sacrifices will be required? What must change and

Effective tactics result from alertness and speed, this is obvious, but they also require an understanding of all the possibilities at hand.

A tactic ignites an explosive chain reaction, a forceful sequence of moves that carries the players along on a wild ride.