Do not permit yourself to fall in love with the end-game play to the exclusion of entire games. It is well to have the whole story of how it happened; the complete play, not the denouement only. Do not embrace the rag-time and vaudeville of chess.

Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized.

Chess is neither a science nor an art. It is what human nature most delights in--a fight.

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

Show me three variations in the leading handbook on the openings, and I will show you two of those three that are defective.

When you see a good move, look for a better one.

The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.