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

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

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it

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.

I am fully and entirely concentrated on the board. I never even consider my opponent's personality. So far as I am concerned, my opponent might as well be an abstraction or an automaton.

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

Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.