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

To my way of thinking, Troitzky has no peer among endgame compsers; no one else has composed so many and such varied endings of the first rank.

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.

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.

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

The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very important and aggressive piece, and the beginner should realize this, and utilize his king as much as possible.

Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight