Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis. But now he makes a fatal error: he begins to use his own head

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.

I already came upon the world as a extraordinary human being; to my parents' great horror, I was equipped with a clubfoot which, however, did not hamper my rapid progress.

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!

When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad.

Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns

There is no actual need of humans to be a pious like an angel, it's a big chase to be a human and for me it's enough to be a human.

I have the utmost respect and 'aloha' for black people - who have already suffered so much due to racial discrimination and acts of hatred.

We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South.

I felt that, in some ways, my novels lacked heart because of the distance between me and the subject matter. But no one wants to read a book based on good health, a happy upbringing, a long marriage.

If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.

Feel lucky for what you have when you have it. Isn't that the point? Happily ever after doesn't mean happy forever.

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.

Furthermore, they had calculated that if 25,000 of them died for every one of us, they would finish with us first, for they were many and we were but few.

Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win 'Vocalist of the Year'.

Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.