The poetry of chess | Vladimir Nabokov, 1970
Why are you including the chess problems with the poems?
Because problems are the poetry of chess. They demand from the composer the same virtues that characterize all worthwhile art: originality, invention, harmony, conciseness, complexity, and splendid insincerity.
Vladimir Nabokov, 1970
[interview:]
Also:
Book//mark – The Gift | Vladimir Nabokov, 1935-37
Lolita book covers | Vladimir Nabokov, 1955
Letter to Véra Slonim | Vladimir Nabokov (1923)
On [:] The sheer weight of a raindrop | Vladimir Nabokov, 1951
A win by an unsound combination, however showy,
fills me with artistic horror
-Wilhelm Steinitz
Life is like a game of Chess, changing with each move
-Chinese proverb
Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine
-Spielmann
Chess is really ninety nine percent calculation
-Soltis
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