During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.
Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.
Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.
The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It makes little difference whether this originality is carried to excess, as was the case with Steinitz and Nimzowitsch.
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