Bent Larsen Quotes

Had I not played the Sicilian with Black I could have saved myself the trouble of studying for more than 20 years all the more popular lines of this opening, which comprise probably more than 25 percent of all published opening theory!
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Lines Studying Years
A chess player never has a heart attack in a good position.
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Chess
Most of all I like “bad” lines, that is those considered bad, in my opinion unjustly, by theory. The reason for the last quotation marks is that most so-called theory is only a collection of examples from master practice.
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Marks Quotation
The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not harmed me too much.
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Lucky
Chess is a beautiful mistress.
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Chess Mistress
All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it may perhaps seem unjust that all their beautiful ideas get no other recognition than a zero on the tournament table.
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Zero
In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct – and more interesting than the Closed.
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Chess Closed More Variation
The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master
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Chess
A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!
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Kings Long Routine
One charming characteristic of many flank attacks I could mention is that they do not very often lead to simplification: if the attack is parried, there usually are still opportunities left for initiating action in another sector.
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Chess

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