If you have made a mistake or committed an inaccuracy there is no need to become annoyed and to think that everything is lost. You have to reorientate yourself quickly and find a new plan in the new situation.

Two passed pawns advancing on the enemy pieces have brought me more than a dozen points in tournaments.

To play a match for the World Championship is the cherished dream of every chess player.

Some pieces in the King's Indian appear on a 'special price' list: the dark square bishops are at the top of that list.

What the devil possessed me to reply 1. ... e5?? I compltely forgot that Spassky, like Spielmann in the past, very much likes to play the King's Gambit.

Nowadays grandmasters no longer study their opponent's games so much, but they study his character, his behaviour and his temperament in the most thorough fashion.

It would be as naive to study the song of the nightingale, as it would be ridiculous to try and win a King's Gambit against a representative of the old chess guard.