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.

Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!

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

A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess.

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