43 Quotes by Alexander Alekhine

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.

I did not believe I was superior to him. Perhaps the chief reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers arising out of his overwhelming victory in New York, 1927, and his underestimation of mine.

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.

Chess will always be the master of us all.

Combination is a soul of chess.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic

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.

Chess is a matter of vanity.

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.