Lajos Portisch Professions : Chess Player Born : April 4, 1937 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Lajos Portisch Your only task in the opening is to reach a playable middlegame. Lajos Portisch opening tasks chess To all players I can recommend the following: simplicity and economy. These are the characteristics of the opening systems of many great masters... A solid opening repertoire fosters self-confidence. Lajos Portisch self-confidence simplicity player 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