Training quote of the day #52: John Nunn

   

From John Nunn's Best Games 1985-1993, Batsford Chess Library, 1995:

Initiating tactics when you have a serious positional disadvantage usually results in an early train home.

(From the annotations to game 30 in the collection, comment made after Black's move 24.)

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 14th"] [White "Nunn, John DM"] [Black "Howell, James C"] [Site "London"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2450"] [PlyCount "63"] [Beauty "8250363765287"] [GameId "1166636823298048"] [EventDate "1990.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. h4 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Rh3 b4 15. Nd5 a5 16. c4 Kd8 17. Kb1 Nc5 18. Rf3 Rc7 19. Re3 Rd7 20. Bh3 h6 21. g6 fxg6 22. Rg1 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rxg5 Nxe4 25. Bb6+ Kc8 26. Rh5 Rxh5 27. Qxh5 Kb8 28. Rxe4 exd5 29. Re8+ Bc8 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Rxf8 Qe7 32. Qe8 1-0