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.

Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.

The 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.

Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!

I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.

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.

You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.