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

I look one move ahead... the best!

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.

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

Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game.

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.

... a lively imagination can exercise itself most fully and creatively in conjuring up magnificent combinations.