Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.

Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately

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.

I only think well when my mind is calm.

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

If you are going to make your mark among masters, you have to work far harder and more intensively, or, to put it more exactly, the work is far more complex than that needed to gain the title of Master.

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.