By playing slowly during the early phases of a game I am able to grasp the basic requirements of each position. Then, despite being in time pressure, I have no difficulty in finding the best continuation. Incidentally, it is an odd fact that more often than not it is my opponent who gets the jitters when I am compelled to make these hurried moves.

Chess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization.

Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating.

Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience.

The only good Rook is a working Rook!

My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian

It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame.