[b]Garry Kasparov
I have written about what I call “the gravity of past success” in chess. Each victory pulls the victor down slightly and makes it harder to put in maximum effort to improve further. Meanwhile, the loser knows that he made a mistake, that something went wrong, and he will work hard to improve for next time. The happy winner often assumes he won simply because he is great. Typically, however, the winner is just the player who made the next-to-last mistake. It takes tremendous discipline to overcome this tendency and to learn lessons from a victory.[/b]
Or, if you’re lucky, the victories are few and far between.
Big branches in the decision tree require extra caution. These are the forks in the road that leave us with no way back.
My guess: the chessboard being the least of it.
Sometimes the best defence is the best defence.
My guess: the chessboard being the least of it.
I used to attack because it was the only thing I knew. Now I attack because I know it works.
My guess: the chessboard being the least of it.
One comforting thing about the Trump White House is that you aren’t forced to choose between malice and incompetence.
The perfect observation!
The Putin regime is and always has been about one thing: money. Specifically, about how to move it into the bank accounts of Putin’s.
Can Don trump him?