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I do like to play the game of chess, but my love for playing the game is not about winning - it is more about the moves, the logic behind the move, the inestimable capacity and resilency of making the best move possible.

We begin with Garry Kasparov, the world champion who said this of another world champion, Anatoly Karpov.

1) Karpov’s strongest point, and maybe his weakest, is that he doesn’t look for the best move.

For those of you who enjoy reading chess books, the best chess author of the 20th century was Irving Chernev, who gives us an observation on masters, followed by two more observations from Aron Nimzowitsch and Andrew Soltis, both masters.

2) A master looks at every move he would like to make, especially the impossible ones.

3) It is when working under limitations that the master reveals himself.

4) Masters…know when to panic.

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