The pleasure to be derived from a chess combination lie in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating the inanimate pieces ... and ….

Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop and knight, though very f….

The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations..

It is a delight to watch a young and gifted chess player. To him have come no sinister experiences; to him continual carping care is foreign. Therefo….

In open positions the safety of the King should be the first consideration..

We perceive after a careful consideration of the evolution of the chess mind that such evolution has gone on, in general, in a way quite similar to t….

Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance..

The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and play in cafes and clubs: a neuras….

The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn..

It is the aim of the modern school, not to treat every position according to one general law, but according to the principle inherent in the position.

It is a profound mistake to imagine mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned. Eve….

Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I usually calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when I reply, quite tru….

No one has ever played these endgames with such elegant ease as Capablanca..

A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history and one which we cannot impress….

A knowledge of combinations is the foundation of positional chess..

Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue..