[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Quotation Time #2

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Quotation Time #2
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1205714150.shtml


   See if you can figure out who said this (difficult!) and discuss:

     The first chess book that accidentally came into my hands with My
     System by Aron Nimzowitsch. It was hard to think of a worse choice!
     After all, in chess you must first learn to attack, and only then
     to defend, you must gain a mastery of tactics, and only then
     strategy. My System is a good book, only not for beginners. It is a
     textbook on positional play, and first you must learn to make
     combinations.