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Emanuel Lasker
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“What is immobile must suffer violence. The light-winged bird will easily escape the huge dragon, but the firmly rooted big tree must remain where it is and may have to give up its leaves, fruit, perhaps even its life.”
Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.”
Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 235 in the 1960 Dover edition; p. 183 in the 2008 edition
“You should keep in mind no names, nor numbers, nor isolated incidents, not even results, but only methods. The method is plastic. It is applicable in every situation.”
Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He who wants to educate himself in Chess must evade what is dead in Chess — artificial theories, supported by few instances and upheld by an excess of human wit; the habit of playing with inferior opponents; the custom of avoiding difficult tasks; the weakness of uncritically taking over variations or rules discovered by others; the vanity which is self-sufficient; the incapacity for admitting mistakes; in brief, everything that leads to a standstill or to anarchy.”
Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dr. Tarrasch is a thinker, fond of deep and complex speculation. He will accept the efficacy and usefulness of a move if at the same time he considers it beautiful and theoretically right. But I accept that sort of beauty only if and when it happens to be useful. He admires an idea for its depth, I admire it for its efficacy. My opponent believes in beauty, I believe in strength. I think that by being strong, a move is beautiful too.”
Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Hannak, J. (1991). Emanuel Lasker: The Life of a Chess Master
“Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judgement. Chess must not be memorized, simply because it is not important enough. If you load your memory you should know why. Memory is too valuable to be stocked with trifles. Of my fifty-seven years I have applied at least thirty to forgetting most of what I had learned or read, and since I succeeded in this I have acquired a certain ease and cheer which I should never again like to be without. If need be, I can increase my skill in Chess, if need be I can do that of which I have no idea at present. I have stored little in my memory, but I can apply that little, and it is of good use in many and varied emergencies. I keep it in order, but resist every attempt to increase its dead weight.”
Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source