Above all else, before playing in competitions a player must have regard to his health, for if he is suffering from ill-health he cannot hope for success. In this connection the best of all tonics is 15 to 20 days in the fresh air, in the country.


Botvinnik: 100 Selected Games (ed. Courier Corporation, 2012) - ISBN: 9780486145495

Mikhail Botvinnik Quotes

Above all else, before playing in competitions a player must have regard to his health, for if he is suffering from ill-health he cannot hope for...

Above all else, before playing in competitions a player must have regard to his health, for if he is suffering from ill-health he cannot hope for...

Above all else, before playing in competitions a player must have regard to his health, for if he is suffering from ill-health he cannot hope for...

Above all else, before playing in competitions a player must have regard to his health, for if he is suffering from ill-health he cannot hope for...