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

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 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!

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

When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.

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.

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.