In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other.

I have not given any drawn or lost games, because I thought them inadequate to the purpose of the book.

When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as a science, or an art, or a sport, all the same psychology bears no relation to it and only stands in the way of real chess.

Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win.

During the course of many years I have observed that a great number of doctors, lawyers, and important businessmen make a habit of visiting a chess club during the late afternoon or evening to relax and find relief from the preoccupations of their work.

An hour's history of two minds is well told in a game of chess.

The game might be divided into three parts, the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be equally efficient in the three parts.