The game might be divided into three parts, the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be equally effi….

A good player is always lucky..

In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else; for, whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, ….

There was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess..

You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player..

Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value, because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions; just for….

A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes..

When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as a science, or an ….

Sultan Khan had become champion of India at Indian chess and he learned the rules of our form of chess at a later date. The fact that even under such….

None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker..

Chess is more than a game or a mental training. It is a distinct attainment. I have always regarded the playing of chess and the accomplishment of a ….

Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and with the help of our imagination tu….

The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game..

The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very important and ….

The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in their handling of endgames….

In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other..

Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight.

To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame..

The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters..

In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else..

People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have the courage of….