Chess Demands Total Concentration

I Don't Recommend Trying To Cram A Lot Of Long Opening-move Variations Into Your Head. The Main Idea Behind Any Opening Is To Get A Strong Pawn Center And Give Your Pieces A Lot Of Scope So That You Cramp Your Opponent's Position And Can Attack Weaknesses In His Game.

If You Have Seen One Alekhine Game You've Seen Them All.

Tactics Flow From A Superior Position

I Am Not Today, Nor Have I Ever Been A Jew, And As A Matter Of Fact, I Am Uncircumcised.

But The Thing That Was Great About Capablanca Was That He Really Spoke His Mind, He Said What He Believed Was True, He Said What He Felt. He [capablanca] Wanted To Change The Rules [of Chess] Already, Back In The Twenties, Because He Said Chess Was Getting Played Out. He Was Right. Now Chess Is Completely Dead. It Is All Just Memorisation And Prearrangement. It's A Terrible Game Now. Very Uncreative.