Samuel Reshevsky

Samuel Herman (Sammy) Reshevsky (born November 26, 1911, Ozorkow, Poland - died April 4, 1992, New York, USA) was a leading American chess Grandmaster.

Quotes

• "By playing slowly during the early phases of a game I am able to grasp the basic requirements of each position, Then, despite being in time pressure, I have no difficulty in finding the best continuation. Incidentally, it is an odd fact that more often than not it is my opponent who gets the jitters when I am compelled to make these hurried moves."
• "My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian." (This was meant as a joke because Tal was a very ambious attacker and Petrosian was a extremely defensive player.)