Nowadays grandmasters no longer study their opponent's games so much, but they study his character, his behaviour and his temperament in the most thorough fashion.

Even in the heat of a middlegame battle the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending.

Chess is imagination.

There is not a single true chess-player in the world whose heart does not beat faster at the mere sound of such long beloved and familiar words as 'gambit games'.

When everything on the board is clear it can be so difficult to conceal your thoughts from your opponent.

To lose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game.

In the middlegame one should not hesitate to advance a central passed pawn.