There is no doubt that the reason for my awful oversight was over-confidence that sapped my sense of danger. So that is where to look for the cause of bad blunders - in the exulting feeling of self-congratulation.
Alexander KotovSit there for five hours? Certainly not! A player must walk about between moves, it helps his thinking.
Alexander KotovDrawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth.
Alexander KotovThe rise of the Soviet school to the summit of world chess is a logical result of socialist cultural development.
Alexander KotovIt has always been recognized that chess is an art, and its best practitioners have been described as artists.
Alexander KotovThe proponents of Steinitz' theory - Tarrasch and his supporters - tried to express Steinitz' teaching in the form of laconic rules, and as often happens in such cases, they went too far. The laconic tended to become dogmatic, and chess began to lose its freshness, originality and charm.
Alexander Kotov