“In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.” — Vasily Smyslov
Vasily Smyslov was the seventh official world chess champion. Known for his positional style, he was world champion from 1957-8. He was a Christian in the staunchly atheistic Soviet Union (in private, he harshly criticized Lenin). His quote points to the need to properly evaluate your situation in chess as in life.
Efim Bogoljubov, who played two matches against world champion Alexander Alekhine, which he lost by wide margins, said:
“When I am White, I win because I am White. When I am Black, I win because I am Bogolyubov.”
In the 1964 chess Interzonal, 24 players competed for six places in the matches to choose an opponent to play world champion Tigran Petrosian in 1966. Thus, these were elite players. Klaus Viktor Darga resigned his game and then said, “My God, I had a winning position.” He had thought a move was not possible based on where his opponent’s rook had been a couple of moves earlier.
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