Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.

Playing in your home city is very special. You feel the support and attention. When everything goes well, it's very great, but when it doesn't, you might as well turn off your phone: the advices seem endless.

You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine

To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess.

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

Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique.