He is the so-called father of the modern school of chess; before him, the King was considered a weak piece and players set out to attack the King directly. Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and contributed a great deal more to chess theory.

If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all.

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

I add status to any tournament I attend.

Normally we'd draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he'd play next.

It's little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.

Americans really don't know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.