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

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

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

Some part of a mistake is always correct

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.

In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness.

The mistakes are there, waiting to be made