Lajos Portisch Quotes

• Your only task in the opening is to reach a playable middlegame.

  Lajos Portisch

  Tasks, Chess, Opening

  "How to Open a Chess Game". Book by Larry Evans, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1974.

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• To all players I can recommend the following: simplicity and economy. These are the characteristics of the opening systems of many great masters... A solid opening repertoire fosters self-confidence.

  Lajos Portisch

  Self Confidence, Player, Simplicity

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