In Chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth

Your practical results will improve when you play what you know, like and have confidence in.

Bobby Fischer started off each game with a great advantage: after the opening he had used less time than his opponent and thus had more time available later on. The major reason why he never had serious time pressure was that his rapid opening play simply left sufficient time for the middlegame.

Only play into a variation in which your opponent is strong if you have your own personal novelty ready!

Unless a player has an 'understanding chess' rating of at least 2400, the amount of significant knowledge that he can impart on others is limited.

Even when the time control has been reached, there is one situation where you want to act as if it has not: when your position is absolutely lost.

One of the objectives of opening play is to try to surprise your opponent.