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

An exception was made with respect to me, because of my victory over Marshall. Some of the masters objected to my entry ... one of them was Dr. Bernstein. I had the good fortune to play him in the first round., and beat him in such fashion as to obtain the Rothschild prize for the most brilliant game ... a profound feeling of respect for my ability remained throughout the rest of the contest.

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

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

Sultan Khan had become champion of India at Indian chess and he learned the rules of our form of chess at a later date. The fact that even under such conditions he succeeded in becoming champion reveals a genius for chess which is nothing short of extraordinary.

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

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