Dazzling combinations are for the many, shifting wood is for the few
For surely of all the drugs in the world, Chess must be the most permanently pleasurable
Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.
Chess is only a recreation and not an occupation.
Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative.
During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.
The range of circumstances in which it is possible to presuppose the presence of a combination is very limited. The presence of such circumstances is the reason for the genesis of the idea in the master's brain.
Far from all of the obvious moves that go without saying are correct.
That she won the game startled me cold. The way she won, the pattern of her thought on the chessboard, charmed me warm again and then some.
Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves.
Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.
For me, chess is a language, and if it's not my native tongue, it is one I learned via the immersion method at a young age.
Next to the intellectual stimulation of chess, the educational value is of great importance. Chess teaches logic, imagination, self-discipline, and determination.
The study of combinations should enrich the analytical spirit of studious amateurs. Thereafter the most gifted among them will be able to catch some sparks of the genius of masters, and in addition some rays of the glory that is the masters.
I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger
Chess is thirty to forty percent psychology. You don't have this when you play a computer. I can't confuse it
There is no remorse like a remorse of chess. It is a curse upon man. There is no happiness in chess.
Short of actual blunders, lack of faith in one's position is the chief cause of defeat. To be sure, it is easy to recommend faith and not so easy to practise it.
First restrain, next blockade, lastly destroy.
The best initial move for white is 1. P-K4.