I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.

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

I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.

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

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

The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It makes little difference whether this originality is carried to excess, as was the case with Steinitz and Nimzowitsch.

In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.