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 study chess eight hours a day, on principle.

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

As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.

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.

Chess will always be the master of us all.

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