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

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

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.

One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat

Intellectual activity is perhaps the greatest pleasure of life; chess is one of the forms of intellectual activity.

What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player