"Many young players make a serious mistake: having not yet learned the most important principles of the opening stage of the game, they study thoroughly endless variations written in manuals of the openings. As a result, they turn into chess dogmatists, and little by little lose the ability to independently solve one or another task in the opening."

Alexander Kotov, grandmaster

"Simple positions give an inexperienced player an opportunity not only to understand? But also feel deeply to what each Piece is able."

Vasily Smyslov, Champion of the World