Gerald Abrahams Professions : Chess Player Born : April 15, 1907 Died : March 15, 1980 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Gerald Abrahams Good positions don't win games, good moves do Gerald Abrahams games winning moving Chess is a good mistress but a bad master. Gerald Abrahams mistress masters chess The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do Gerald Abrahams chess-game tactics chess The idea comes before the logical argument. Gerald Abrahams logical-arguments chess ideas In chess there is a world of intellectual values. Gerald Abrahams intellectual chess world Similar Authors Irving Chernev chess-player Boris Spassky chess-player Boris Gelfand chess-player Arthur Bisguier chess-player Arpad Elo chess-player Anatoly Karpov chess-player All Authors