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.

Chess is a matter of vanity.

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

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

That which Steinitz gave to the theoretical aspect of the game when he was at his best is very remote to all out home-bred chess philosophers, but with his views on Morphy, whom he tries to discredit completely, it is of course impossible to agree.

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.

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