Nimzovitch became then for me more or less the author of the only book which could help me get away from these Euwe books, which, I admit, are very good for the ordinary club player. But once you've reached a certain strength you get the impression that everything that Euwe writes is a lie.

A chess player never has a heart attack in a good position.

Chess is a beautiful mistress.

In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed.

A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!

Most of all I like "bad" lines, that is those considered bad, in my opinion unjustly, by theory. The reason for the last quotation marks is that most so-called theory is only a collection of examples from master practice.

I often play a move I know how to refute.