Bent Larsen Quotes
A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!
Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won.
I don't care very much for miniatures. I don't try to beat my opponents quickly because if they are strong, I think I should respect them. It is too risky to play sharply to beat them in 20 moves.
A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast, of course, to the fear-and-laziness draws.
The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not harmed me too much.
In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed.