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

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

Here are some of the questions and answers to an examination paper in chess that was given some time ago

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

Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!

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

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