Chess Is A Matter Of Vanity.

I Believe That True Beauty Of Chess Is More Than Enough To Satisfy All Possible Demands.

The Retreat Of A Minor Piece To The Back Rank, Where It Cuts The Lines Of Communication Between The Rooks, Is Permissable Only In Exceptional Cases.

Play On Both Sides Of The Board Is My Favourite Strategy.

Never Before And Never Since Have I Seen - And I Cannot Even Imagine, Such An Amazing Rapidity Of Chess Thinking That Capablanca Possessed In 1913-14. In Blitz Games He Gave All The St. Petersburg Players Odds Of Five Minutes To One - And He Won.

I Did Not Believe I Was Superior To Him. Perhaps The Chief Reason For His Defeat Was The Overestimation Of His Own Powers Arising Out Of His Overwhelming Victory In New York, 1927, And His Underestimation Of Mine.