Alexander Alekhine

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.

Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are read more

Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!

Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which read more

Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could read more

I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.