Middlegame Quotes

#1. In the middlegame one should not hesitate to advance a central passed pawn.

David Bronstein

#2. I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middlegame.

Dawid Janowski

#3. Bobby Fischer started off each game with a great advantage: after the opening he had used less time than his opponent and thus had more time available later on. The major reason why he never had serious time pressure was that his rapid opening play simply left sufficient time for the middlegame.

Edmar Mednis

#4. My forte was the middlegame. I had a good feeling for the critical moments of the play. This undoubtedly compensated for my lack of opening preparation and, possibly, not altogether perfect play in the endgame. In my games things often did not reach the endgame!

Boris Spassky

#5. The middlegame I repeat is chess itself, chess with all its possibilities, its attacks, defences, sacrifices, etc.

Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

#6. The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very important and aggressive piece, and the beginner should realize this, and utilize his king as much as possible.

Jose Raul Capablanca

#7. If a chess statistician were to try and satisfy his curiousity over which stage of the game proved decisive in the majority of cases, he would certainly come to the conclusion that it is the middlegame that provides the most decisive stage.

Alexander Kotov

#8. Agreeing to draws in the middlegame, equal or otherwise, deprives you of the opportunity to practice playing endgames, and the endgame is probably where you need the most practice.

Pal Benko

#9. Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play with such brilliance in the middlegame that the game was decided - even though his ooponent didn't always know it - before they arrived at the ending.

Bobby Fischer

#10. Even in the heat of a middlegame battle the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending.

David Bronstein

#11. A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.

Paul Keres

#12. The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is a mere 'super', in the endgame on the other hand - on of the 'principals'. We must therefore develop him, bring him nearer to the fighting line.

Aron Nimzowitsch

#13. The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening, Middlegame and especially Endgame. The primary constraint on a piece's activity is the Pawn structure

Michael Stean

#14. In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors.

Aron Nimzowitsch

#15. Your only task in the opening is to reach a playable middlegame.

Lajos Portisch

#16. The only way to handle big business is to delegate, delegate, delegate.

Daniel Burnham

#17. British rain was rarely that simple. For days on end, instead of falling, it simply hung around in the air like a wife waiting for you to notice she was sulking.

Ruth Downie

#18. The importance of Liking Yourself is a notion that fell heavily out of favor during the coptic, anti-ego frenzy of the Acid Era
but nobody guessed back then that the experiment might churn up this kind of hangover: a whole subculture of frightened illiterates with no faith in anything.

Hunter S. Thompson

#19. You're saying one day I'll be a butterfly," he says skeptically. I look up. "I'm saying you've always been one.

Lindy Zart

#20. If you want to be loved, then learn to love back.

Stephen Richards

#21. After awhile, marriage gets a little stale and you're looking for something to scratch that a little.

Boris Kodjoe

#22. I knew who I was. I was a celebrity without talent. I was an heiress. I was a whore. I was a party waiting to happen. I was an addict. I was his, and in that last definition - that I was owned by Deacon I knew my place in the chaos.

C.D. Reiss

#23. If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.

Edward De Bono

#24. It's a cold sun that casts long shadows.

Christopher Carosa