CHESS   is in its essence a GAME,   in its form an ART,   and in its execution a SCIENCE.
- Baron Tassilo von Heyderbrand und der Lasa    

The game with GM. Sergey Kudrin (on right)
Natick, Massachusetts 1999

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess,
just as I would pity the man who has remainded ignorant of love.
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy
- Siegbert Tarrasch