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

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

One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat

As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In its absense the game to me is lifeless and void. The vitalizing factor is missing, and I can devise no plan of attack.

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.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.