You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.

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

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.

The retreat of a minor piece to the back rank, where it cuts the lines of communication between the rooks, is permissable only in exceptional cases.

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.

Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.

I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.