Paul Keres quotes

Paul Keres quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody”
-- Paul Keres

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“A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.”
-- Paul Keres

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“Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings.”
-- Paul Keres

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“Chess is a test of wills.”
-- Paul Keres

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“In the endgame, an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.”
-- Paul Keres

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“An innovation need not be especially ingenious, but it must be well worked out.”
-- Paul Keres

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“However hopeless the situation appears to be there yet always exists the possibility of putting up a stubborn resistance.”
-- Paul Keres

Source : Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov (2012). “The Art of the Middle Game”, p.81, Courier Corporation

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“I was unlucky, like my country.”
-- Paul Keres

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