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

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

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

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

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

I have a quite feeling of pity for all those who don't know chess; almost like I am sorry for those who never learned to love. Chess, like love and music, has the ability of making people happy.