 Chess is intellectual gymnastics. |
| A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it. |
| I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. |
| Chess is not for timid souls. |
| Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack. |
| A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror. |
| Fame, I have already. Now I need the money. |
| I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings. |
| When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage. |
| Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. |
