Giving up the center must not here be regarded as illogical. Was happiness no happiness because it endured for just a short time? One cannot always be happy.

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

No pawn exchanges, no file-opening, no attack.

In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors.

The chess world is obligated to organize a match between the champion of the world and the winner of this Carlsbad tournament - indeed, this is a moral obligation. If the world of chess should remain deaf to its obligation, on the other hand, it would amount to an absolutely unforgivable omission, carrying with it a heavy burden of guilt.

First restrain, next blockade, lastly destroy.

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