During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk
Alexander AlekhineI think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.
Alexander AlekhineThe fact that a player is very short of time is to my mind, as little to be considered as an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.
Alexander Alekhine