Chess Is Not Only Knowledge And Logic

I Think That For The Highest Achievements Nowadays... Need To Have The Stable As A Rock Scientific Base. And Also Need To Own Modesty.

The Fact That A Player Is Very Short Of Time Is To My Mind, As Little To Be Considered As An Excuse As, For Instance, The Statement Of The Law-breaker That He Was Drunk At The Time He Committed The Crime.

Playing For Complications Is An Extreme Measure That A Player Should Adopt Only When He Cannot Find A Clear And Logical Plan.

During A Chess Tournament A Master Must Envisage Himself As A Cross Between An Ascetic Monk And A Beast Of Prey.

Combination Is A Soul Of Chess.