An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard.

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game

Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.

Shall we ever live to see the following wise prohibition - the audience is forbidden to smoke and the masters are forbidden to 'smoke out' the audience by playing exchanging variations?

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.

Drawn games are sometimes more scintillating than any conclusive contest.

The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing