Alexander Alekhine

"I study chess eight hours a day, on principle."

"It was impossible to win against Capablanca; against Alekhine it was impossible to play."

"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 moment he committed the crime."

"Chess first of all teaches you to be objective."

"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."

"In playing through an Alekhine game one suddenly meets a move which simply takes ones breath away."