I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings
Chess is not for timid souls.
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.
A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror
Chess is intellectual gymnastics.