During a chess competition a chess master should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk.

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This quotation and many variants of it are commonly attributed to Alekhine however per Winter "with regard to Alekhine there has been no primary source".

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I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.

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.

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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.

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During a chess competition a chess master should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk.

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