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

Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win.

You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.

As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent

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.

No other great master has been so misunderstood by the vast majority of chess amateurs and even by many masters, as has Emanuel Lasker.

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.