Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so.

All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned.

I look one move ahead... the best!

I have a quite feeling of pity for all those who don't know chess; almost like I am sorry for those who never learned to love. Chess, like love and music, has the ability of making people happy.

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

I already came upon the world as a extraordinary human being; to my parents' great horror, I was equipped with a clubfoot which, however, did not hamper my rapid progress.

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