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

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

Chess is not for timid souls.

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

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 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.

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.