Many have become chess masters - no one has become the master of chess.

In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support to the advance of one of its own pawns to the queening square.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

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

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

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.

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.