I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Chess is neither a science nor an art. It is what human nature most delights in--a fight. — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The attack is that process by means of which you remove obstructions. — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated. — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not. — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized... — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Loss generally occurs when a player overrates his advantage or for other reasons seeks to derive from a minute advantage a great… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
I believe in magic ... There is magic in the creative faculty such as great poets and philosophers conspicuously possess, and equally… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The range of circumstances in which it is possible to presuppose the presence of a combination is very limited. The presence of… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The process of making pieces in Chess do something useful (whatever it may be) has received a special name: it is called… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Show me three variations in the leading handbook on the openings, and I will show you two of those three that are… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
In mathematics, if I find a new approach to a problem, another mathematician might claim that he has a better, more elegant… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
He who wants to educate himself in Chess must evade what is dead in Chess... the habit of playing with inferior opponents;… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The most intelligent inspection of any number of fine paintings will not make the observer a painter, nor will listening to a… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Do not permit yourself to fall in love with the end-game play to the exclusion of entire games. It is well to… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Steinitz was a thinker worthy of a seat in the halls of a university. A player, as the world believed he was,… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The delight in gambits is a sign of chess youth... In very much the same way as the young man, on reaching… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
By what right does White, in an absolutely even position, such as after move one, when both sides have advanced 1. e4,… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
When Alekhine recognizes the weakness in his position he has a tendency to become very aggressive. Patient defence is not for him… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
On a motif such as was indicated by Reti one cannot build the plan of a whole well contested game; it is… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Having spent 200 hours on the above, the young player, even if he possesses no special talent for chess, is likely to… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
To find the right plan is just as hard as looking for its sound justification. — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Vanity should never tempt a player to engage in a combat at the risk of loss of health. It is bad enough… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
By positional play a master tries to prove and exploit true values, whereas by combinations he seeks to refute false values ...… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
While the Baroque rules of Chess could only have been created by humans, the rules of Go are so elegant, organic, and… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Our efforts in chess attain only a hundredth of one percent of their rightful result... Our education, in all domains of endeavour,… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
A chess game, after all, is a fight in which all possible factors must be made use of, and in which a… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The fatal hour of this ancient game is approaching. In its modern form this game will soon die a drawing death -… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
In mathematics, if I find a new approach to a problem, another mathematician might claim that he has a better, more elegant solution. In… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
Steinitz was a thinker worthy of a seat in the halls of a university. A player, as the world believed he was, he was… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
The range of circumstances in which it is possible to presuppose the presence of a combination is very limited. The presence of such circumstances… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
... in itself the title of world champion does not give any significicant advantages, if it is not acknowledged by the entire chess world,… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
Loss generally occurs when a player overrates his advantage or for other reasons seeks to derive from a minute advantage a great return such… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
To find the right plan is just as hard as looking for its sound justification. — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
The most intelligent inspection of any number of fine paintings will not make the observer a painter, nor will listening to a number of… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
![“Having spent 200 hours on the above, the young player, even if he possesses no special talent for chess, is likely to be among those two or three thousand chessplayers [who play on a par with a master]. There are, however, a quarter of a million chessplayers who annually spend no fewer than 200…” quote by Emanuel Lasker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cbf/emanuel-lasker-13485_achieve_having-spent-200-hours-on-the-above-the_1661503.png)
