The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.

Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.

Playing black, I put great stake in the Ruy Lopez: I liked it, feel it, and understand it; in matches with Hjartarson and Timman it served me well. - on preparing for World Championship versus Garry Kasparov

I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.

Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you must have very strong nervous system and then you must be well prepared, you must be able to work a lot.

To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.