For success I consider three ...

For success I consider three factors are necessary: firstly, an awareness of my own strengths and weaknesses; secondly, an accurate understanding of my opponent's strengths and weaknesses; thirdly, a higher aim than momentary satisfaction. I see this aim as being scientific and artistic achievements, which place the game of chess on a par with other arts.
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 Alexander Alekhine

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The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.
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I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.
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I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.
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When asked, -How is that you pick better moves than your opponents?, I responded: I'm very glad you asked me that, because, as it happens, there is a very simple answer. I think up my own moves, and I make my opponent think up his
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