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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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!