During A Chess Competition A Chessmaster Should

You Can Become A Big Master In Chess Only If You See Your Mistakes And Short-comings. Exactly The Same As In Life Itself.

Oh! This Opponent, This Collaborator Against His Will, Whose Notion Of Beauty Always Differs From Yours And Whose Means (strength, Imagination, Technique) Are Often Too Limited To Help You Effectively! What Torment, To Have Your Thinking And Your Phantasy Tied Down By Another Person!

Chess For Me Is Not A Game, But An Art. Yes, And I Take Upon Myself All Those Responsibilities Which An Art Imposes On Its Adherents.

I Consider Chess An Art, And Accept All Those Responsibilities Which Art Places Upon Its Devotees.

A Lifetime In Not Enough To Learn Everything About Chess.