Chess Zen
In the Spielmann-Wahle (1926) game, Spielmann has just castled King-side and is ready to bring out his Queen’s rook. Chernev speaks favorably.
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No violence, please, until the reserves have been brought up. Blackburne used to say, “Never start an attack until your queen’s rook is developed.”
-- Irving Chernev, “Logical Chess: Move by Move”
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I take it that Blackburne refers to Joseph Henry Blackburne, also known as “The Black Death”, who dominated British chess in the latter part of the 19th-century (Wikipedia).
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No violence, please, until the reserves have been brought up. Blackburne used to say, “Never start an attack until your queen’s rook is developed.”
-- Irving Chernev, “Logical Chess: Move by Move”
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I take it that Blackburne refers to Joseph Henry Blackburne, also known as “The Black Death”, who dominated British chess in the latter part of the 19th-century (Wikipedia).