In open positions the safety of the King should be the first consideration.

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.

The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and play in cafes and clubs: a neurasthenic individual, whose nerves and brains are continually working at tension: a one-sided person who has given up his whole soul to chess.

In open positions the safety of the King should be the first consideration.

A knowledge of combinations is the foundation of positional chess.

The pleasure to be derived from a chess combination lie in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating the inanimate pieces ... and giving them breath of life.