Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions! Alexander Alekhine More Quotes by Alexander Alekhine More Quotes From Alexander Alekhine Combination is a soul of chess. Alexander Alekhine combination soul chess Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. Alexander Alekhine objectivity chess firsts I did not believe I was superior to him. Perhaps the chief reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers arising out of his overwhelming victory in New York, 1927, and his underestimation of mine. Alexander Alekhine victory new-york believe The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give. Alexander Alekhine purpose giving men The fact that a player is very short of time is to my mind, as little to be considered as an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime. Alexander Alekhine player law time 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. Alexander Alekhine genius chess world 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. Alexander Alekhine sacrifice praise chess Chess will always be the master of us all. Alexander Alekhine masters chess During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk Alexander Alekhine beast competition chess Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of these innovations. Alexander Alekhine innovation risk player I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty. Alexander Alekhine rocks achievement thinking In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications. Alexander Alekhine opinion opportunity trying Chess is not only knowledge and logic Alexander Alekhine logic chess The retreat of a minor piece to the back rank, where it cuts the lines of communication between the rooks, is permissable only in exceptional cases. Alexander Alekhine pieces cutting communication Chess is a matter of vanity. Alexander Alekhine vanity matter chess Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents. Alexander Alekhine responsibility games art The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime. Alexander Alekhine short drunk mind time
