Chess will always be the master of us all.

During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk

Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of whom we will never see again.

A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess.

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.

Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!

Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.