An amusing fact: as far as I can recall, when playing the Ruy Lopez I have not yet once in my life had to face the Marshall Attack!

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

The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance.

Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position

The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.

I don't pretend to anything more than harmony.

My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently.