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A chess movement of the eighteenth century created in Modena (Italy) which involved Ercole del Ro, Lolli and Ponziani. They stressed quick development and did not give importance to a strong pawn centre structure.

I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middle-game! David Janowski
16. “By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don’t swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking. Anatoly Karpov
Petrosian-Spassky? To think I could have watched an excellent football match instead! Mikhail Tal
1966
Every chessmaster was once a beginner. Irving Chernev
Unfortunately this gentlemanlike behaviour among chessplayers is out of fashion. It’s my principle that you should respect your opponent as much as you respect yourself. Lajos Portisch
1990

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