The book is called "Morphy’s Games of Chess. I did some double checking, and
alas, it uses a non-standard form of English notation to describe chess moves.
It is worth the effort to work through it in spite of this. As for the quote,
it came from a book by Mikhail Tal. Another humurous quote Tal cites is
attributed to David Bronstein. A reporter askthe the then World Champion,
"What is it like to play a bame of chess?" Bronstein replied, "I wouldn't
know. I have never played a game."
I disagree with your interpretation of "one" move, but I think it is best to
leave the interpretation to each individual as there is a sparkle of wisdom
that is best understood if one discovers it for oneself. A chess koan so to
speak. and to be completely correct, Navratrilova did not answer the question
with a spoken word, but rather she simply held up one finger.
Patrick
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Hello everyone.
Just a quick reply.
Firstly I'd be interested to know the title of the Morphy book referred to here.
Secondly the quote of "one move." in reply to the question "How many moves do
you see ahead?" has been attributed to various people including Capablanca and
Alekhine. This is the first time I've heard of it attributed to Botvinnik and,
to me, it doesn't seem like a Botvinnik remark. Regardless of that I feel it is
better to try to see one idea further ahead. Said idea may last longer than one
move but if it is a detail that the opponent has missed then it may well prove
decisive. If requested I will expand on this.
Regards,
Tyson
On 26 May 2018 at 01:31 venkkj@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I usually offer this little bit of advice to new players. It is the same
advice World Champion Tigran Petrosian gave to new players//study the games of
Paul Morphy. Fortunately for us blind people on bookshare, there is an
annotated volume of his best games available there and it is quite accessible
to the blind since it only presents complete games.
And I offer new players this little tidbit from three-time World Champion
Mikhail Botvinnik. A reporter asked Botvinnik, “How many moves do you think
ahead?” Botvinnik replied, “One.” A reporter asked world reknown cellist
Yo-Yo Ma, “How many bars of music do you learn each day.” Ma replied, “one.”
A reporter asked perhaps the most feared ever female Tennis player ever,
Martina Navratilova, “How many points do you think ahead?” Martina replied,
“One.”
Patrick
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