The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.

The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.

When I today ask myself whence I got the moral courage, for it takes moral courage to make a move (or form a plan) running counter to all tradition, I think I may say in answer, that it was only my intense preoccupation with the problem of the blockade which helped me to do so.

Do not always be thinking of attack! Moves that safeguard your position are often far more prudent.

The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard

The main Objective of any operation in an open file is the eventual Occupation of the seventh or eighth Rank.

A thorough knowledge of the elements takes us more than half the road to mastership