I do not play chess – I fight at chess. Therefore, I willingly combine the tactical with the strategic, the fantastic with the scientific, the combinative with the positional, and I aim to respond to the demands of each given position.More Alexander Alekhine quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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.More Alexander Alekhine quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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.More Alexander Alekhine quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.More Alexander Alekhine quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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.More Alexander Alekhine quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]