Shall we ever live to see the following wise prohibition – the audience is forbidden to smoke and the masters are forbidden to ‘smoke out’ the audience by playing exchanging variations?

Psychologically, the choice of an appropriate opening is of the utmost importance for a player’s success in a tournament.

The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made.

All Chess players should have a hobby.

A Queen’s sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.

It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men.

The mistakes are there, waiting to be made.

Some part of a mistake is always correct.

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game.

Like the alchemist of old, for ever searching for the philosopher’s stone, the analyst to-day never stops looking for stronger moves to prevent the defender from establishing equality.