Jon Speelman quotes

Jon Speelman quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“...the initial position is decisive Zugzwang.”
-- Jon Speelman

#Chess Quotes #Position Quotes

“Chess will always be the master of us all.”
“Chess is not only knowledge and logic”
“Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.”
“Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!”
“Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.”

Source : "The Soviet School of Chess". Book by Alexander Kotov, p. 42, 2001.
“Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words.”
“In my position, I could be a debutante. But we only got to this position by being a politically active family.”
“Greece's position in Europe will not be put in doubt.”
“I was never in an awkward position where I had to curb my manhood.”

Source : "Beanie Sigel spits anti-Jay-Z rhymes in online video" by Shaheem Reid, www.mtv.com. November 18, 2009.
“Ive been blessed to be in a position to share (my experiences).”

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