The future belongs to he who has the bishops.

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player

One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent

A form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest one - of human existence. It is not everyone who can write a play, or build a bridge, or even make a good joke. But in chess everyone can, everyone must be intellectually productive, and so can share in this select delight. 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 men happy.

... a lively imagination can exercise itself most fully and creatively in conjuring up magnificent combinations.

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

Many have become chess masters - no one has become the master of chess.