The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of endgames. The present World Champion has not the strength of the other three as an endgame player, and is therefore inferior to them.

In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else.

Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements.

Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value, because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions; just forget about the openings and spend all that time on the endings.

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

People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have the courage of your convictions. If you think your move is good, make it.

As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent