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.

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.

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.

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.

It is our responsibility to discover our talents, to accept them as from God, to develop them through education and training, and to use them for His glory.

If you capture someone's heart, you will eventually get his hands and feet as well.

I love the free spirit in London.

Good manners on a man are like wearing an exquisite suit. They never go out of style

When Facebook famously moved out to Palo Alto there were people in the same house Facebook was based in working on different ideas. It is vital to remember that.

We can coexist well [with Muslims]. But there are fundamentalist groups.

Leading a human life is a full-time occupation, to which everyone devotes decades of intense concern.

Beautiful colours can be bought in the shops on the Riatlo, but good drawing can only be bought from the casket of the artist's talent with patient study and nights with out sleep.

The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot.

Oh, flatter me; for love delights in praises.