| Even in the heat of a middlegame battle, the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending.-David Bronstein |
| Capture of the adverse king is the ultimate but not the first object of the game. -William Steinitz |
| Examine moves that smite. A good eye for smites is far more important than a knowledge of strategical principles. -Purdy |
| One bad move nullifies forty good ones. -Horowitz |
| The sign of a great master is his ability to win a won game quickly and painlessly. -Irving Chernev |
| The move is there, but you must see it. -Savielly Tartakower |
| All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned. -Siegbert Tarrasch |
| A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune. -Francois-Andre Danican Philidor |
| If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he’s worse off. -Nigel Short |
| A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. -Rudolph Spielmann |
| Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence of surging emotions we sometimes lose concentration and stop objectively evaluating the events that are taking place on the board. -Mark Dvoretsky |
| Avoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess. -Eugene Znosko-Borovsky |
