If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.

One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat

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

I look one move ahead... the best!

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

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

Every move creates a weakness.