Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player

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

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?

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

Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!

Many have become chess masters - no one has become the master of chess.