Mark Dvoretsky Quotes

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It is very important to learn to weigh up objectively (or assess intuitively) the totality of the competitive and psychological factors.

Mark Dvoretsky

It is hardly useful if you trustingly play through variation after variation from a book. It is a great deal more useful and more interesting if you take part actively in the analysis, find something yourself, and try to refute some of the author's conclusions.

Mark Dvoretsky

Training in analysis (like any other form of chess training) should be treated very seriously.

Mark Dvoretsky

It is not possible to become a great player without having learned how to analyse deeply and accurately.

Mark Dvoretsky

As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.

Mark Dvoretsky

I do not know to whom the aphorism 'There are no sound studies, only ones that haven't been busted yet' belongs, but it has measure of truth in it.

Mark Dvoretsky

Mark Dvoretsky

Mark Dvoretsky

Born: December 9, 1947

Died: September 26, 2016 (aged 68)

Bio: Mark Izrailovich Dvoretsky was a Russian chess trainer, writer, and International Master.

Known for:

Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual (2003)
Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual (2008)
Secrets of Chess Training (1990)

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