Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.

I am not a chess historian - I myself am a piece of chess history, which no one can avoid. I will not write about myself, but I am sure that someone will write.

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

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

Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?

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.