The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.

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

Chess will always be the master of us all.

Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.

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.

I did not believe I was superior to him. Perhaps the chief reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers arising out of his overwhelming victory in New York, 1927, and his underestimation of mine.