Alexander Alekhine Quotes
During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.
You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.
I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.
Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.
I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.
Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of whom we will never see again.
During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk
Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of these innovations.
As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.
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.
In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.
The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.
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 retreat of a minor piece to the back rank, where it cuts the lines of communication between the rooks, is permissable only in exceptional cases.
