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 best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.

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

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.

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

Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger in the majority of cases in which they are opposed to each other.

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