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

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

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.

Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger in the majority of cases in which they are opposed to each other.

Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and with the help of our imagination turn the struggle of technique into a battle of ideas.

None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker.

The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.