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

One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent

In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support to the advance of one of its own pawns to the queening square.

White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.

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

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

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