The only good Rook is a working Rook!

Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience.

It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame.

No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.

Chess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization.

My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian

Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating.

Tartakower once wrote that after planting a Knight in the center you can go to sleep. This is not to be taken literally, of course, but it contains more than a germ of truth.

What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded.

Traveling can never be taken for granted, no matter how meticulous the preparations.

If you're not honest about what you want, you're never going to get anywhere.

If you feel the need to laugh at people's weaknesses, laugh at yours first.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near.

Oh, I get it," I said. "You're Evil Harry, lurking inside Good Harry. Right? And you only come out at night?

I need some me-time. I have to remember to rest, because I have a natural energy and I don't want to burn out.

Nothing matters if we aren't safe.

Empathy comes from being empathized with.

The 12-step chocolate program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!