The threat is stronger than the execution..

The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is a mere 'super', in the e….

How can I lose to such an idiot?.

The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it..

The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard.

Do not always be thinking of attack! Moves that safeguard your position are often far more prudent..

Giving up the center must not here be regarded as illogical. Was happiness no happiness because it endured for just a short time? One cannot always b….

If in a battle, I seize a bit of debatable land with a handful of soldiers, without having done anything to prevent an enemy bombardment of the posit….

In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors..

The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient.

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently to the incurs….

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents..

The knight of QB3 is under obligation, the moment the enemy gives him the chance, of undertaking an invasion of the center by Kn-Q5..

The defensive power of a pinned piece is only imaginary.

How vain are our fears! I thought to myself. Sometimes we fear that which our opponent (or fate) had never even considered! After this, then, is it a….

Many men, many styles; what is chess style but the intangible expression of the will to win..

No pawn exchanges, no file-opening, no attack..

Chess strategy as such today is still in its diapers, despite Tarrasch's statement 'We live today in a beautiful time of progress in all fields'. Not….

It is a well known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. ….

The main Objective of any operation in an open file is the eventual Occupation of the seventh or eighth Rank..

The chess world is obligated to organize a match between the champion of the world and the winner of this Carlsbad tournament - indeed, this is a mor….