Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player

Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation

Alekhine's real genius is in the preparation and construction of a position, long before combinations or mating attacks come into consideration at all.

Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness of his make-up and can only be partially compensated by his employing his time allowance to the full.

Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home a picture post card.

He can be regarded as the great master of simplification. The art of resolving the tension at the critical moment and in the most effacious way so as to clarify the position as desired is Capablanca's own.

The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict.