In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master.
Vasily SmyslovThe first chess book that I read was Dufresne's self-tutor, published with Lasker's Common Sense in Chess as an appendix.
Vasily SmyslovMy fascination for studies proved highly beneficial, it assisted the development of my aesthetic understanding of chess, and improved my endgame play.
Vasily Smyslov