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.

A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess.

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.

Psychology is the most important factor in chess.

Chess will always be the master of us all.

Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!