Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline
Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.
Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately
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.
I only think well when my mind is calm.
Capablanca's phenomenal move-searching algorithm in those early years, when he possessed a wonderful ability for calculating variations very rapidly, made him invincible.