Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop and knight, though very few know the reason for this advantage and how to turn it to account.

Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop and knight, though very few know the reason for this advantage and how to turn it to account.

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

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

Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance.

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.

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