I keep on fighting as long as My opponent can make a mistake. Without error there can be no brilliancy The hardest game to win is a won game 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. In mathematics, If I find a new approach to a problem, Another mathematician Might claim that he has a better, More elegant solution. In chess, if anybody claims He is better than I, I can checkmate him. He who wants to educate himself in Chess Must evade what is dead in Chess... The habit of playing with inferior opponents The custom of avoiding difficult tasks; The weakness of uncritically taking over Variations or rules discovered by others; The vanity which is self-sufficient; The incapacity for admitting mistakes; In brief, everything That leads to standstill or to anarchy. In Chess, as it is played by masters, Chance is practically eliminated. I have known many chess players, But among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! When you see a good move, Look for a better one Chess is, above all, a fight.
