Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal.

Every Chess master was once a beginner

The sign of a great Master is his ability to win a won game quickly and painlessly

If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the board, rooks will dominate the seventh rank, and pawns turn into queens.

On the chessboard, if nowhere else, justice does triumph.

The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Capablanca.

The best initial move for white is 1. P-K4.

Chess is not for the timid.

If love isn't there, nothing will grow. If it is, there is always hope and it will win in the end. Love is vital and sacrosanct.

Where could I call home? Only in my heart.

Being part of a patriarchal society, it kind of helped me figure out what I was all about.

It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or he will remain obscure.

We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.

I dont like myself without a beard.

If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough.

My belief in the gospel of Jesus Christ and the testimony I have of the Savior and His atonement [is my personal shelter].

I have gathered a posy of other men’s flowers and only the thread that bonds them is my own.

Love is an intermediate state between possession and deprivation.