It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan

It is unjust, and sometimes very untrue, though it is a common theory, to hold that it is sacrifices which make the beauty of a combination, and that the combination is prettier by the magnitude of the sacrifices.

The King plays a most important part in the endgame, and gains in power and activity as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. Acting in eight different directions, he becomes, instead of the weakest piece, one of the most formidable units.

It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan

Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory.

Avoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess.

A defeatist spirit must inevitably lead to disaster.