The main thing that develops positional judgement, that perfects it and makes it many-sided, is detailed analytical work, sensible tournament practice, a self-critical attitude to your games and a rooting out of all the defects in your play.

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.

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

In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within yourself a large number of qualities, the qualities of an artistic creator, a calculating practitioner, a cold calm competitor.

You must not let your opponent know how you feel.

The rise of the Soviet school to the summit of world chess is a logical result of socialist cultural development.

Once we have chosen the right formation in the centre we have created opportunities for our pieces and laid the foundation of subsequent victory.