Any opening is good enough, if its reputation is bad enough.

An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard.

The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.

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

Psychologically, the choice of an appropriate opening is of the utmost importance for a player's success in a tournament.

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.

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