It has always been recognized that chess is an art, and its best practitioners have been described as artists.

Sit there for five hours? Certainly not! A player must walk about between moves, it helps his thinking.

After a great deal of discussion in Soviet literature about the correct definition of a combination, it was decided that from the point of view of a methodical approach it was best to settle on this definition - A combination is a forced variation with a sacrifice.

You must not let your opponent know how you feel.

The placing of the centre pawns determines the "topography" of a game of chess.

Experience and the constant analysis of the most varied positions builds up a store of knowledge in a player's mind enabling him often at a glance to assess this or that position.

If your opponent is short (on time), play just as you played earlier in the game. If you are short keep calm, I repeat, don't get flustered. Keep up the same neat writing of the moves, the same methodical examination of variations, but at a quicker rate.