Chess is not for the timid.

Every Chess master was once a beginner

The sign of a great Master is his ability to win a won game quickly and painlessly

If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the board, rooks will dominate the seventh rank, and pawns turn into queens.

On the chessboard, if nowhere else, justice does triumph.

Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal.

The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Capablanca.

The best initial move for white is 1. P-K4.

I never realized just how many things I really hated until you walked out the door and out of my life.

The line between ego and healthy self-esteem is very delicate. We should know when we cross this line, switch side, and become egotistical.

Trying to impose our personal agenda on someone else’s experience is the shadow side of love, while real love recognizes that life unfolds at its own pace.

Oh, yeah. You're the best, " I grinned back at him."Pumpkin, hello. Of course I am!

That's referee Mike Reed's 50th booking of the season, which works out at an average of six a game.

The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness.

I'll be here where the heart is

We are not the reason the gospel works; the gospel is the reason the gospel works.

Flexible approach - will look at ALL asset classes.

I've definitely done something that's made my mum and dad forever proud.