Every move creates a weakness.

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

Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns

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 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.

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

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