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.

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.

Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue.

Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I usually calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when I reply, quite truthfully, 'as a rule not a single one'

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.

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