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

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

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'

Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue.

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

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

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.