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

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.

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

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

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

I do not play chess – I fight at chess. Therefore, I willingly combine the tactical with the strategic, the fantastic with the scientific, the combinative with the positional, and I aim to respond to the demands of each given position.

Chess will always be the master of us all.