Far from all of the obvious moves that go without saying are correct.

Chess is imagination.

There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than lively piece play, but in our day the latter is more often preferred.

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

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

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