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

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.

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

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

It was Steinitz who was the first to establish the basic principles of general chess strategy. He was a pioneer and one of the most profound researchers into the thruth of the game, which was hidden from his contemporaries.

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