Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Harry Golombek

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British chess player Harry Golombek.
Last updated on November 24, 2024.
Harry Golombek

Harry Golombek OBE was a British chess player, chess author, and wartime codebreaker. He was three times British chess champion, in 1947, 1949, and 1955 and finished second in 1948.

Barcza is the most versatile player in the opening. He sometimes plays P-KKt3 on the first, sometimes on the second, sometimes on the third, and sometimes only on the fourth move.
Books on the openings abound; nor are works on the end game wanting; but those on the middle game can be counted on the fingers of one hand. — © Harry Golombek
Books on the openings abound; nor are works on the end game wanting; but those on the middle game can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
I have also known some of the world's finest brains and some of these, though passionately fond of chess, have been pretty poor players. I used to know one of the world's leading mathematicians and whenever we played chess I had to give him the odds of a Queen to make matters more equal, and even then I always won.
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