My study of chess was accompanied by a strong attraction to music, and it was probably thanks to this that from childhood I became accustomed to thinking of chess as an art, for all the science and sport involved in it.

The first chess book that I read was Dufresne's self-tutor, published with Lasker's Common Sense in Chess as an appendix.

A considerable role in the forming of my style was played by an early attraction to study composition.

The Ruy Lopez occupied a constant place in my opening repertoire. In it is reflected the classical interpretation of the problem of the centre.

In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master.

In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.

Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.