Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game.

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.

Intellectual activity is perhaps the greatest pleasure of life; chess is one of the forms of intellectual activity.

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

Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. 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

Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis. But now he makes a fatal error: he begins to use his own head