He who wants to educate himself in Chess must evade what is dead in Chess... the habit of playing with inferior opponents; the custom of avoiding difficult tasks; the weakness of uncritically taking over variations or rules discovered by others;… — 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 to lose without the additional annoyance of paying doctors' bills. — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
... 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 Image
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 Image
To find the right plan is just as hard as looking for its sound justification. — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed — 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 to be… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
