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Guardian Unlimited Sport | Special reports | Chess

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From this old online column of Andrew Martin's:

Cirabisi (playing Black) deserves the "Chess Psycho" title, as you will see. Wang up the h-pawn, strip out the Bishop and "mate the bastard" seems to be his motto. Not exactly a difficult method to master.

Here's another turn of phrase I like, from another article (ibid):

Total bullshit yes, but very difficult to play against. Isn't that what it's all about?

..and yet another (from this article):

You have to like your position in order to play at your best. Most players who come to me for coaching are simply getting involved in positions that they do not feel comfortable with. The art of chess is to do your thing and prevent the opponent from doing his thing; it can be reduced to that. Not easy though.

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