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.

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

It is peculiar but a fact nevertheless, that the gamblers in chess have enthusiastic followers.

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

Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.

Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistable artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in this simplicity there was a unique beauty of genuine depth.

The triumph of the analytical movement, which formed in the '30's and '40's, was precisely what earned the Soviet masters the acclaim of chessplayers the world over. Unfortunately, it must also be noted that, for today's chessmasters, the watchword is practicality.