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

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player

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

If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.

I have a quite feeling of pity for all those who don't know chess; almost like I am sorry for those who never learned to love. Chess, like love and music, has the ability of making people happy.

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

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