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.

Chess is imagination.

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.

Two passed pawns advancing on the enemy pieces have brought me more than a dozen points in tournaments.

The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is.

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