Sit there for five hours? ...

Sit there for five hours? Certainly not! A player must walk about between moves, it helps his thinking.
Sit there for five hours? Certainly not! A player must walk about between moves, it helps his thinking.
 Alexander Kotov

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I soon realized that it is not enough for a master simply to analyse variations scrupulously just like an accountant. He must learn to work out which particular moves he should consider and then examine just as many variations as necessary - no more and no less.
 Alexander Kotov
My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory.
 Alexander Kotov
I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer to which his opponent resigned at once!
 Alexander Kotov
You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not lack of deciciveness or slowness, but the employment of a basic endgame principle which is 'Do not hurry'.
 Alexander Kotov
When you have finished analyzing all the variations and gone along all the branches of the tree of analysis you must first of all write the move down on your score sheet, before you play it.
 Alexander Kotov