Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.

I do not think there is any other mental strain comparable to the exertion to which a tournament game subjects the chess master. Working at what seemed to me the most difficult mathematical problems has never exhausted me nearly as much as playing in a chess tournament; and of all intellectual applications mathematical work is surely the hardest. That is why physical fitness is a most important factor in tournament chess and why young players, whose brains can stand the poisons of fatigue much longer than those of older players have a great advantage.

It is not enough to be a good player; you must also play well.

Vrouwen gaan uit om te vergeten, mannen om bij de vrouwen te zijn.

I’d rather die than change the way I look at life.