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

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

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.

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

Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that Capablanca possessed in 1913-14. In blitz games he gave all the St. Petersburg players odds of five minutes to one - and he won.

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.