How is it to be explained that something inside me revolts against the playing of obvious moves? Perhaps we may perceive the underlying reason in the fact that I derive satisfaction from seeking to reveal the concealed meaning of a position by means of maneuvering play and therefore I do not wish to see this satisfaction curtailed by a banal, more or less fortuitous decision. Naturally, this phenomenon is played out beneath the threshold of consciousness. The waking consciousness will, of course, in each individual case, give preference to the more rapid means of deciding the game.
Aron NimzowitschA thorough knowledge of the elements takes us more than half the road to mastership
Aron NimzowitschThe main Objective of any operation in an open file is the eventual Occupation of the seventh or eighth Rank.
Aron NimzowitschThe knight of QB3 is under obligation, the moment the enemy gives him the chance, of undertaking an invasion of the center by Kn-Q5.
Aron Nimzowitsch