First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

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

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

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

When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game