The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, otherwise the player with the better position runs the risk of losing it.

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.

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

I play my king all over the board. I make him fight!

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

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

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