Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.

For pleasure you can read the games collections of Andersson and Chigorin, but for benefit you should study Tarrasch, Keres and Bronstein.

I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.

First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns.

I can take care of myself! But the "external barriers", my opponents, do indeed concern me.

I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.

Botvinnik's right! When he says such things, then he's right. Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play it. For me chess is more an art than a science. It's been said that Alekhine and I played similar chess, except that he studied more. Yes, perhaps, but I have to say that he played, too.