The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move

But whatever you might say and whatever I might say, a machine which can play chess with people is one of the most marvellous wonders of our 20th century!

The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is.

Sometimes at lectures I am asked: how would the champions of the last century play today? I think that, after making a hurried study of modern openings, and watching one or two tournaments, the champions of the last century, and indeed the century before that, would very quickly occupy the same place that they occupied when they were alive.

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

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

In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once.