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!

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.

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 Quotes