The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made.
Savielly Tartakower
You only task in the opening is to reach a playable middle game.
Lajos Portisch
Kasparov’s book are the best, as far as high level analyses are concerned.
Jan Timman 1991 NIC
With the modern computer age, there are some new ideas, but the principles are basically the same… I try not to over-focus on preparation.
Magnus Carlsen 2012
