Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Alexander Kotov
Born: August 12, 1913
Died: January 8, 1981 (aged 67)
Bio: Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific chess author.
Known for:
- Think like a grandmaster (1971)
- Play Like A Grandmaster (1978)
- The Art of the Middle Game (1964)
- The Soviet school of chess
- Grandmaster At Work