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

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

Some pieces in the King's Indian appear on a 'special price' list: the dark square bishops are at the top of that list.

Chess is imagination.

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

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'.

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