There is nothing wrong with trying to exploit the natural human tendency to become impatient when forced to play a boring position.

According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games.

Under no circumstances should you play fast if you have a winning position. Forget the clock, use all your time and make good moves.

Patience is the most valuable trait of the endgame player.

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.

I always urge players to study composed problems and endgames.

In the Soviets' view, chess was not merely an art or a science or even a sport; it was what it had been invented to simulate: war.

I had a slightly inferior endgame that probably should have been drawn, but Kortchnoi kept torturing me with little threats until finally, exhausted and exasperated, I made a losing mistake.

When you defend, try not to worry or become upset. Keep your cool and trust your position - it's all you've got.

Sometimes players need to gain time on the clock by repeating the position, but most often its purpose is to wear down the opponent psychologically.

There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and technical flaws might have relegated him to a minor career.

I desperate desire to read the Holy Scriptures is spirituality of the soul.

I relieve rappers just like Tylenol

I'm the least racist person. Friends of mine that happen to be African-American said: "You're the least racist person we've ever met". Give me a break!

Arabs don't do crime fiction. I read crime fiction and I read Arabic literature, and I wish this was a novel I could have read in Arabic.

I don't want to take photographs that I won't recognize as myself, and myself isn't necessarily just blankly staring at the lens.

Don’t be discouraged by the size of your network – inspire one person and you are doing good.

It occurred to me that my speech or my silence, indeed any action of mine, would be a mere futility.

Sports events do not really exist at all unless there is a certain order and fairness - justice in each event.

I don't know any family that doesn't have a story somewhere. Besides, it you didn't have those things in life, you'd be so bland.

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