his death, Gerald Abrahams wrote a personal tribute: The death of Znosko-Borovsky deprives the chess world of one of the few survivors of an intellectually rich generation, the Russian Masters of the old regime ... My own memories of Znosko go back to 1923–24. I found him then, and at all times later, a stimulating friend and a delightful conversationalist in many subjects. His reputation as a dramatic and literary critic was, at one time considerable in Europe, though England knew little of this. Those who have read his chess works, however, must be aware that their writer was a kultur mensch in the best sense. Withal, he was stoical in adversity (adversity was always his lot) and possessed of great humour and resilience ... As a player, he suffered from the demands of a professionalism that is incompatible with great performance: but he leaves records of many games which reveal, if not genius, then a great talent ... those who knew him will all agree that his life enriched, and in a degree inspired, the chess world. Famous quotations "It is not a move, even the best move, that you must seek, but a realisable plan." "Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory." Books References External links 1884 births 1954 deaths People from Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg People from Tsarskoselsky Uyezd Chess players from the Russian Empire Chess writers French chess players Russian military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War Russian military personnel of World War I People of the Russian Civil War White Russian emigrants to France Burials at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery Writers from the Russian Empire