When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's mind. You may be sure that idea will be wrong

Every move creates a weakness.

Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis. But now he makes a fatal error: he begins to use his own head

When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's mind. You may be sure that idea will be wrong

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man who has remained ignorant of love. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make man happy.

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.