The mistakes are there, waiting to be made

A game is always won through a mistake.

Shall we ever live to see the following wise prohibition - the audience is forbidden to smoke and the masters are forbidden to 'smoke out' the audience by playing exchanging variations?

The mistakes are there, waiting to be made

Like the alchemist of old, for ever searching for the philosopher's stone, the analyst to-day never stops looking for stronger moves to prevent the defender from establishing equality.

Psychologically, the choice of an appropriate opening is of the utmost importance for a player's success in a tournament.

In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness.