Intellectual activity is perhaps the greatest pleasure of life; chess is one of the forms of intellectual activity.

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

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

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

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

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

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