Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself up into slavery. Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

Chess is not for timid souls.

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of haviong an evil thought during the game.

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

I would rather die in America than live in England. I would rather lose a match in America than win one in England. I have come to the conclusion that I neither mean to die soon or to lose the match!

I shall accord to myself the honor of inscribing myself as an applicant for the American citizenship which according to law I can obtain only after five years residence in this country. And I shall yield to no one of my future countrymen in patriotism. I consider America now my real home.