It is the aim of the modern school, not to treat every position according to one general law, but according to the principle inherent in the position

The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn.

A knowledge of combinations is the foundation of positional chess.

The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations.

We perceive after a careful consideration of the evolution of the chess mind that such evolution has gone on, in general, in a way quite similar to that in which it goes on with the individual chess player, only with the latter more rapidly.

It is a delight to watch a young and gifted chess player. To him have come no sinister experiences; to him continual carping care is foreign. Therefore he loves the attack and the bold sacrifice; for theirin lies the shortest way to his ultimate objective.

It is a profound mistake to imagine mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned. Every player knows that all (or almost all) combinations arise from a recollection of familiar elements.