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

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

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.

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

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

I would rather die in America than live in England. I would rather lose a match in America than win one in England. I have come to the conclusion that I neither mean to die soon or to lose the match!

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror