Combination Is A Soul Of Chess.

I Study Chess Eight Hours A Day, On Principle.

That Which Steinitz Gave To The Theoretical Aspect Of The Game When He Was At His Best Is Very Remote To All Out Home-bred Chess Philosophers, But With His Views On Morphy, Whom He Tries To Discredit Completely, It Is Of Course Impossible To Agree.

Young Players Expose Themselves To Grave Risks When They Blindly Imitate The Innovations Of Masters Without Themselves First Checking All The Details And Consequences Of These Innovations.

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

As A Rule, So-called "positional" Sacrifices Are Considered More Difficult, And Therefore More Praise-worthy, Than Those Which Are Based Exclusively On An Exact Calculation Of Tactical Possibilities.