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.

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

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

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

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

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

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