Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.

Some part of a mistake is always correct

Like the alchemist of old, for ever searching for the philosopher's stone, the analyst to-day never stops looking for stronger moves to prevent the defender from establishing equality.

As for me, I am unfortunate enough not to posses a happy temperament like Najdorf, who views every happening in a rosy light and avoids any possibility of self-criticism. I am one of those unlucky skeptics who never overlook the dark side of even the happiest experience.

It is well-known that chess and music go well together, and many are those who have achieved unusual proficiency in both.

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

I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.