“With each success the ability to change is reduced. My longtime friend and coach Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, aptly compared it to being dipped inbronze. Each victory added another coat.”

Part I, Chapter 2, Strategy, p. 34
2000s, How Life Imitates Chess (2007)

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