In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed..

For me, chess is at the same time a game, a sport, a science and an art. And perhaps even more than that,. There is someting hard to explain to those….

All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it may perhaps seem u….

Nimzovitch became then for me more or less the author of the only book which could help me get away from these Euwe books, which, I admit, are very g….

A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast, of course, to….

A chess player never has a heart attack in a good position..

The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master.

Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won..

I often play a move I know how to refute..

Most of all I like "bad" lines, that is those considered bad, in my opinion unjustly, by theory. The reason for the last quotation marks is that most….

Had I not played the Sicilian with Black I could have saved myself the trouble of studying for more than 20 years all the more popular lines of this ….

Play the open variation of the Ruy is my advice to all ordinary club players, and I recently even wrote a book about it, seen from Black's point of v….

A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!.

One charming characteristic of many flank attacks I could mention is that they do not very often lead to simplification: if the attack is parried, th….

The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not harmed me too much..

Among top grandmasters the Dutch is a rare defense, which is good reason to play it! It has not been studied very deeply by many opponents, and theor….

Chess is a beautiful mistress..

Chess is my profession. I am my own boss; I am free. I like literature and music, classical especially. I am in fact quite normal; I have a Bohemian ….

I don't care very much for miniatures. I don't try to beat my opponents quickly because if they are strong, I think I should respect them. It is too ….