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

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

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.

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

Every move creates a weakness.

One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent

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