Bruce Pandolfini Quotes

#1. Chess reflects the real world in miniature. Endeavor, struggle, success, and defeat - they are part of each game ever played.

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#2. Known as a negative player, Karpov sets up deep traps and creates moves that seem to allow his opponent possibilities - but that really don't. He takes no chances, and he gives his opponents nothing. He's a trench-warfare fighter who keeps the game moving just an inch at a time.

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#3. The two most important forms of intelligence are the ability to read other people and the ability to understand oneself.

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#4. To see what they see, sit where they sit.

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#5. Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to stop him

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#6. We don't really know how the game was invented, though there are suspicions. As soon as we discover the culprits, we'll let you know

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#7. I definitely miss the rush from wiping out an opponent.

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#8. In setting up the pieces you might confuse the squares occupied by the queen and king. There's an easy way to avoid this confusion: queens always start on squares of their own color.

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#9. I like to say that Bobby Fischer was the greatest player ever. But what made Fischer a genius was his ability to blend an American freshness and pragmatism with Russian ideas about strategy

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