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.

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

When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad.

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, like love, like music, has the power to make man happy.

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

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

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