To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the Bishop undergoes greater changes than that of the Knight.

When you see a good move, look for a better one.

Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized.

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.

The hardest game to win is a won game

Without error there can be no brilliancy

I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake.

By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.

The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.

The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind

I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed

Everything you love also loves you.

What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America.

Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.

I loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.

I have figured out it's not what you do on the field, it's how many games you play in.

Remember that, however patient your study, you will never in adult life learn any language perfectly; the best you can hope for is to be a bore.

There isn't anything weird about my music.

...the argument from absence of transitional types boils down to the striking fact that such types are always lacking unless they have been found.

If you recognize anyone, it does not mean that you like him.We all, for instance, recognize the honourable Member for Ebbw Vale.

The fragrance of religious and spiritual life is much finer and subtler than that of the rose.