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.

Chess is more than a game or a mental training. It is a distinct attainment. I have always regarded the playing of chess and the accomplishment of a good game as an art, and something to be admired no less than an artist's canvas or the product of a sculptor's chisel. Chess is a mental diversion rather than a game. It is both artistic and scientific.

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

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.

There was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess.

The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game.

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