Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

Chess is not for timid souls.

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it

The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.

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.

I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings