Harry Golombek Quotes

• Books on the openings abound; nor are works on the end game wanting; but those on the middle game can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

  Harry Golombek

  Book, Hands, Games

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• I have also known some of the world's finest brains and some of these, though passionately fond of chess, have been pretty poor players. I used to know one of the world's leading mathematicians and whenever we played chess I had to give him the odds of a Queen to make matters more equal, and even then I always won.

  Harry Golombek

  Success, Queens, Player

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• Barcza is the most versatile player in the opening. He sometimes plays P-KKt3 on the first, sometimes on the second, sometimes on the third, and sometimes only on the fourth move.

  Harry Golombek

  Moving, Player, Chess

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