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.

To play a match for the World Championship is the cherished dream of every chess player.

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

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

Chess is infinite, and one has to make only one ill-considered move, and one's opponent's wildest dreams will become reality.

Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.

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'.