Alexander Alekhine Quotes about Chess

Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!

You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.

Psychology is the most important factor in chess.

A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess.

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.

Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.

Combination is a soul of chess.

Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.

Chess is a matter of vanity.

I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.

Chess will always be the master of us all.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic

During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk

Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of whom we will never see again.