To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame.

The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the value of the Bishop becomes more evident to him, and of course there is, or should be, a corresponding decease in his estimation of the value of the Knight as compared to the bishop.

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.

In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else; for, whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middlegame and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame.

A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.

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

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