When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's mind. You may be sure that idea will be wrong.

When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one..

A form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest….

Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so..

Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis. But now he makes a fatal error: he begins to use his own head.

White lost because he failed to remember the right continuation and had to think up the moves himself.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well.

As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In its absense the game to me is lifeless ….

One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent.

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king..

If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself..

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player.

When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad..

Every move creates a weakness..

I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack of rheumatism. In the fourth game, I….

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man who has remained ignorant of love. Che….

Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry….

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game.

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy..

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess..

Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns.