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

The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is a mere 'super', in the endgame on the other hand - on of the 'principals'. We must therefore develop him, bring him nearer to the fighting line.

Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!

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

How can I lose to such an idiot?

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently to the incursion of new and powerful ideas.

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