Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline

Capablanca's phenomenal move-searching algorithm in those early years, when he possessed a wonderful ability for calculating variations very rapidly, made him invincible.

I only think well when my mind is calm.

It is a well known fact that almost all the outstanding chess-players have been first-class analysts.

I claim that nothing else is so effective in encouraging the growth of chess strength as such independent analysis, both of the games of the great players and your own.

Everything is in a state of flux, and this includes the world of Chess

Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists