The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play of others.

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

Vanity should never tempt a player to engage in a combat at the risk of loss of health. It is bad enough to lose without the additional annoyance of paying doctors' bills.

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

I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake.

The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play of others.

The most intelligent inspection of any number of fine paintings will not make the observer a painter, nor will listening to a number of operas make the hearer a musician, but good judges of music and painting may so be formed. Chess differs from these. The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play of others.