My Sister Bought Me A Set At

He Is The So-called Father Of The Modern School Of Chess; Before Him, The King Was Considered A Weak Piece And Players Set Out To Attack The King Directly. Steinitz Claimed That The King Was Well Able To Take Care Of Itself, And Ought Not To Be Attacked Until One Had Some Other Positional Advantage. He Understood More About The Use Of Squares Than Morphy And Contributed A Great Deal More To Chess Theory.

If You Don't Win, It's Not A Great Tragedy - The Worst That Happens Is That You Lose A Game.

Yeah, I Used To Dress Badly Until I Was About Sixteen. But People Just Didn't Seem To Have Enough Respect For Me, You Know And I Didn't Like That, So I Decided I'd Have To Show Them They Weren't Any Better Than Me, You Know? They Were Sort Of Priding Themselves. They Would Say, 'he Beat Us At Chess, But He's Still Just An Uncouth Kid.' So I Decided To Dress Up.

For The First Lesson, I Want You To Play Over Every Column Of Modern Chess Openings, Including The Footnotes. And For The Next Lesson, I Want You To Do It Again.

Well, I'm Not Sure I Know What You Mean By A Prima Donna, But If Something Doesn't Interest Me Or If Someone Bores Me, Or If I Think They're A Phony, I Just Don't Bother With Them, That's All.