The first essential for an attack is the will to attack.

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

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

A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!

No one ever won a game by resigning.

Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders.

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