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

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.

When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's mind. You may be sure that idea will be wrong

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.

White lost because he failed to remember the right continuation and had to think up the moves himself

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.

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