All openings are sound below master level.[LOMBARDY?]Choose an opening... which is sound, regardless of fluctuations in current theory.[HOROWITZ and REINFIELD, in recommending the Sicilian Dragon(!)]when I'm white I win because I am white, when I'm black I win because I am Bogulyubov"
Quotes
"To play with correctness and skill the ends of games, is an important but a very rare accomplishment, expect among the magnates of the game." |
Howard STAUNTON, The Chess-Players' Handbook 1847 (Plus ca change...) |