Chess cannot be taught. Chess can only be learned.

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

Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately

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.

You have to accustom yourself to practical study at home, you have to devote time to studies, to the history of chess, the development of chess theory, of chess culture.

Chess is the art of analysis.

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.