Under no circumstances should you play fast if you have a winning position. Forget the clock, use all your time and make good moves.

Since your mental state can have such dramatic effects on your body, obviously your physical condition can affect your mental well-being. It follows that regular physical conditioning should be part of your overall chess training.

According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games.

Agreeing to draws in the middlegame, equal or otherwise, deprives you of the opportunity to practice playing endgames, and the endgame is probably where you need the most practice.

When you defend, try not to worry or become upset. Keep your cool and trust your position - it's all you've got.

Typically, in the last round of open tournaments the level of play is markedly lower, the number of blunders higher.

In the Soviets' view, chess was not merely an art or a science or even a sport; it was what it had been invented to simulate: war.