But How Difficult It Can

I Didn't Picture Myself As Even A Grandmaster, To Say Nothing Of Aspiring To The Chess Crown. This Was Not Because I Was Timid - I Wasn't - But Because I Simply Lived In One World, And The Grandmasters Existed In A Completely Different One. People Like That Were Not Really Even People, But Like Gods Or Mythical Heroes.

If The Opponent Offers Keen Play I Don't Object; But In Such Cases I Get Less Satisfaction, Even If I Win, Than From A Game Conducted According To All The Rules Of Strategy With Its Ruthless Logic.

In Kansas I Have A Chess School.

I Don't Pretend To Anything More Than Harmony.

The First Great Chess Players, Including The World Champion, Got By Perfectly Well Without Constant Coaches.