Before the endgame, the gods have placed the middlegame

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

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

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make people happy

Many have become Chess Masters, no one has become the Master of Chess

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

A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost a matter of course

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 about

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player

What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game

One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat

I look one move ahead... the best

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

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

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

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

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of Chess

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 wasn't feeling well. And in the fifth game? Well, must one have to win every game?

Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest one - of human existence. It is not everyone who can write a play, or build a bridge, or even make a good joke. But in chess everyone can, everyone must be intellectually productive, and so can share in this select delight. 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. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy