When asked, -How is that you pick better moves than your opponents?, I responded: I'm very glad you asked me that, because, as it happens, there is a….

I study chess eight hours a day, on principle..

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey..

A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess..

I do not play chess – I fight at chess. Therefore, I willingly combine the tactical with the strategic, the fantastic with the scientific, the combin….

As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively ….

I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexp….

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands..

You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself..

For success I consider three factors are necessary: firstly, an awareness of my own strengths and weaknesses; secondly, an accurate understanding of ….

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees..

Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy..

Chess is a matter of vanity..

For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively on….

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated..

The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It makes litt….

Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that Capablanca possessed in 1913-14….

Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan..

Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents..

Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against his will, whose notion of Beauty always differs from yours and whose means (strength, imagination, techn….

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective..