I never defeated a healthy opponent.

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

Whenever Black succeeds in assuming the initiative in maintaining it to a successful conclusion, the sporting spirit of the chess lover feels gratified, because it shows that the resources of the game are far from being exhausted.

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.

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!

Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory.

Drawn games are sometimes more scintillating than any conclusive contest.