Repulsing an attack by launching if possible a strongest one on the opponent. Frank Marshall used to say: ‘A man lifts his hand to give a blow and you knock him before he can strike’.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
I understood that through chess I could express myself and chess became my natural language.
Boris Spassky 1995
I personally believe that Karpov should have been more generous with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Kirsan is the only president in the history of FIDE, and maybe in the history of all international federations, who has contributed dozens of million dollars for the sport he loves. By the way, some of these millions went directly to Anatoly’s pocket…
George Makropoulos 2005
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower
Kasparov’s book are the best, as far as high level analyses are concerned.
Jan Timman 1991 NIC
Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders.
Savielly Tartakower