A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast, of course, to the fear-and-laziness draws.

Chess is a beautiful mistress.

A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending!

A chess player never has a heart attack in a good position.

Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won.

I often play a move I know how to refute.

I don't care very much for miniatures. I don't try to beat my opponents quickly because if they are strong, I think I should respect them. It is too risky to play sharply to beat them in 20 moves.

The books say that it is not so serious to lose time in a closed position; I am lucky, since these comments have not harmed me too much.

The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master

In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed.

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.

I work in my pajamas most of the time. No matter what you’re wearing, you can sound businesslike on the phone.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

I see something, find it marvelous, want to try and do it. Whether it fails or whether it comes off in the end becomes secondary. . . . So long as I've learned something about why.

Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent.

Lawyers earn their bread in the sweat of their browbeating.

We age inevitably: The old joys fade and are gone: And at last comes equanimity and the flame burning clear.

I wear black diamonds instead of regular ones because I’m not flashy, just flossssy.

I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal

The trick to liking who you are is not to hate too much the person it turned out you weren't.