22 Quotes by David Bronstein

Some pieces in the King’s Indian appear on a ‘special price’ list: the dark square bishops are at the top of that list.

There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than lively piece play, but in our day the latter is more often preferred.

Nowadays grandmasters no longer study their opponent’s games so much, but they study his character, his behaviour and his temperament in the most thorough fashion.

In the middlegame one should not hesitate to advance a central passed pawn.