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.

The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It makes little difference whether this originality is carried to excess, as was the case with Steinitz and Nimzowitsch.

Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.

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

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