Unless a player has an 'understanding chess' rating of at least 2400, the amount of significant knowledge that he can impart on others is limited.

The key to ultimate succcess is the determination to progress day by day.

Playing without a concurrent critical review of one's skills will simply get you nowhere.

In Chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth

Once you are in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived... The amount of points that can be gained (and saved) by correct endgame play is enormous, yet often underestimated.

After a bad opening, there is hope for the middle game. After a bad middle game, there is hope for the endgame. But once you are in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived

Only play into a variation in which your opponent is strong if you have your own personal novelty ready!

Your practical results will improve when you play what you know, like and have confidence in.

One of the objectives of opening play is to try to surprise your opponent.

You must be able to handle a variety of move orders during the first 5-6 moves - otherwise you'll find yourself 'tricked' time and time again.

Even when the time control has been reached, there is one situation where you want to act as if it has not: when your position is absolutely lost.

Nationalism is form of collective narcissism, where the citizens possess an inflated self-love of "their own people, " to the exclusion of other human beings.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

I've come out of a small jail and entered a bigger one.

The best pictures differentiate themselves by nuances...a tiny relationship - either a harmony or a disharmony - that creates a picture.

That is definitely the biggest challenge, career and family, and learning how to balance.

There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.

I think about the things I control and do them well.

Should I assume the lure is a certain attractive young dead man?

I feel like I accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish in college.

The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.