10 Quotes by Irving Chernev

Chess, like love, is infectious at any age - Salo Flohr

Every Chess master was once a beginner.

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

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

Chess is not for the timid.

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

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

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.

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