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

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

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.

Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so.

White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.

I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack of rheumatism. In the fourth game, I wasn't feeling well. And in the fifth game? Well, must one have to win every 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.