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.

Without error, there is no brilliancy.

The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long

The process of making pieces in Chess do something useful (whatever it may be) has received a special name: it is called the attack. The attack is that process by means of which you remove obstructions.

Without error there can be no brilliancy

A chess game, after all, is a fight in which all possible factors must be made use of, and in which a knowledge of the opponent's good and bad qualities is of the greatest importance.