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

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

In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated.

By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.

I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca!

Show me three lines of the opening theory moves and I will prove to you that two of them are incorrect.

Of my fifty-seven years I have applied at least thirty to forgetting most of what I have learned or read. Since then, I have acquired a certain ease and cheer which I should never again like to be without. (...) I have stored little in my memory, but I can apply that little, and it is of use in many and varied emergencies. I keep it in order, but resist every attempt to increase its dead weight.