“Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.”
“Chess is not for timid souls.”
“A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.”
“When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.”
“Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.”
“A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror.”
“Chess is intellectual gymnastics.”
“Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.”
“I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings.”
“I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.”
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