Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against his will, whose notion of Beauty always differs from yours and whose means (strength, imagination, technique) are often too limited to help you effectively! What torment, to have your thinking and your phantasy tied down by another person!

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

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.

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

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.

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

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