Adversity Quote by Alexander Alekhine

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

— Alexander Alekhine

I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.

— Alexander Alekhine

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

— Alexander Alekhine

The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance,…

— Alexander Alekhine

The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.

— Alexander Alekhine

Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that Capablanca possessed…

— Alexander Alekhine

I did not believe I was superior to him. Perhaps the chief reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers arising…

— Alexander Alekhine

The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It makes little…

— Alexander Alekhine

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

— Alexander Alekhine

Combination is a soul of chess.

— Alexander Alekhine

For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively on his…

— Alexander Alekhine

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

— Alexander Alekhine