“During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk” ShouldCompetitionChessCombinationBeastMonkPrey Author:Alexander Alekhine
“I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.” LongHardDangerousPositionDifficultyCombinationUnexpectedDelusion Author:Alexander Alekhine