White lost because he failed to remember the right continuation and had to think up the moves himself

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

If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.

A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost a matter of course

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

As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In its absense the game to me is lifeless and void. The vitalizing factor is missing, and I can devise no plan of attack.

Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.