"He who wants to educate himself in Chess must evade what is dead in Chess — artificial theories, supported by few ins…"

"Dr. Tarrasch is a thinker, fond of deep and complex speculation. He will accept the efficacy and usefulness of a move…"

"The greatest of the champions was, of course, Emanuel Lasker."

"As I pored over the games of the great masters, two styles appealed to me above all others: Lasker and Steinitz. In L…"

"My chess hero."

"What is immobile must suffer violence. The light-winged bird will easily escape the huge dragon, but the firmly roote…"

"On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a li…"

"Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judgement. Chess must not be memorized, simply …"

"You should keep in mind no names, nor numbers, nor isolated incidents, not even results, but only methods. The method…"

"Without error there can be no brilliancy."