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

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

I have not given any drawn or lost games, because I thought them inadequate to the purpose of the book.

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

A good player is always lucky.

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

The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of endgames. The present World Champion has not the strength of the other three as an endgame player, and is therefore inferior to them.