Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true. This applies especially to Chess, where it is often found that the profoundest moves do not much startle the imagination.

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

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

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

He who has a slight disadvantage plays more attentively, inventively and more boldly than his antagonist who either takes it easy or aspires after too much. Thus a slight disadvantage is very frequently seen to convert into a good, solid advantage.

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

In mathematics, if I find a new approach to a problem, another mathematician might claim that he has a better, more elegant solution. In chess, if anybody claims he is better than I, I can checkmate him.