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.

Chess will always be the master of us all.

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.

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

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.