Here is a definition which correctly reflects the course of thought and action of a grandmaster: - The plan in a game of chess is the sum total of successive strategical operations which are each carried out according to separate ideas arising from the demands of the position.

You must not let your opponent know how you feel.

My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory.

In analysing complicated variations one must examine each branch of the tree once and once only.

If you study the classic examples of endgame play you will see how the king was brought up as soon as possible even though there seemed no particular hurry at the time.

Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess genius of all time!

Once in a Moscow chess club I saw how two first-category players knocked pieces off the board as they were exchanged, so that the pieces fell onto the floor. It was as if they were playing skittles and not chess!