22 Quotes by David Bronstein

The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move.

In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once.

Theory regards this opening as incorrect, but it is impossible to agree with this. Out of the five tournament games played by me with the King’s Gambit, I have won all five.

A game of chess is not an examination of knowledge; it is a battle of nerves.

Chess is infinite, and one has to make only one ill-considered move, and one’s opponent’s wildest dreams will become reality.

A strong player requires only a few minutes of thought to get to the heart of the conflict. You see a solution immediately, and half an hour later merely convince yourself that your intuition has not deceived you.

Chess is imagination.

It would be as naive to study the song of the nightingale, as it would be ridiculous to try and win a King’s Gambit against a representative of the old chess guard.

Far from all of the obvious moves that go without saying are correct.