In tournaments it is not enough to be a connoisseur of chess; one must also play well. - Siegbert Tarrasch

To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game.

Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game.

Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies, its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys -if not the greatest one- of human existence. It is not everyone who can write a play, or build a bridge, or even make a good joke. But in chess everyone can, everyone must, be intellectually productive and so can share in this select delight. I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity for the man who has no knowledge of love. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.