Chess cannot be taught. Chess can only be learned.

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

When my opponent's clock is going I discuss general considerations in an internal dialogue with myself. When my own clock is going I analyse conctrete variations.

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

Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train, in 1929.

Above all else, before playing in competitions a player must have regard to his health, for if he is suffering from ill-health he cannot hope for success. In this connection the best of all tonics is 15 to 20 days in the fresh air, in the country.

Memorization of variations could be even worse than playing in a tournament without looking in the books at all.