Alexander Alekhine

The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an read more

The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

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.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able read more

The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.