To find the right plan is just as hard as looking for its sound justification.

The attack is that process by means of which you remove obstructions.

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.

An advantage could consist not only in a single important advantage but also in a multitude of insignificant advantages.

The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named 'combination'.

I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed

By positional play a master tries to prove and exploit true values, whereas by combinations he seeks to refute false values ... A combination produces an unexpected re-assessment of values.