Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately

Chess cannot be taught. Chess can only be learned.

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

Don't worry kids, you'll find work. After all, my machine will need strong chess player-programmers. You will be the first.

There is no better place for learning to work independently and to extend your horizon than in higher school.

If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don't take it.

I ... have two vocations: chess and engineering. If I played chess only, I believe that my success would not have been significantly greater. I can play chess well only when I have fully convalesced from chess and when the 'hunger for chess' once more awakens within me.