Savielly Tartakower quotes
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“No one ever won a game by resigning.”
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“The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.”
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“Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.”
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“A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.”
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“The mistakes are there, waiting to be made”
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“Some part of a mistake is always correct”
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“Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders.”
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“The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing”
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“Like the alchemist of old, for ever searching for the philosopher's stone, the analyst to-day never stops looking for stronger moves to prevent the defender from establishing equality.”
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“Psychologically, the choice of an appropriate opening is of the utmost importance for a player's success in a tournament.”
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“I never defeated a healthy opponent.”
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“An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard.”
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“All Chess players should have a hobby”
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“Any opening is good enough, if its reputation is bad enough.”
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“To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game”
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“Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory.”
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“It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of 'variations'.”
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“I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.”
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“The first essential for an attack is the will to attack.”
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“The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.”
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“In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness.”
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“It is well-known that chess and music go well together, and many are those who have achieved unusual proficiency in both.”
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“A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!”
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“A game is always won through a mistake.”
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“Shall we ever live to see the following wise prohibition - the audience is forbidden to smoke and the masters are forbidden to 'smoke out' the audience by playing exchanging variations?”
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“Drawn games are sometimes more scintillating than any conclusive contest.”
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“Whenever Black succeeds in assuming the initiative in maintaining it to a successful conclusion, the sporting spirit of the chess lover feels gratified, because it shows that the resources of the game are far from being exhausted.”
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“A draw can be obtained not only by repeating moves, but also by one weak move.”
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“It's always better to sacrifice your opponent's men”
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“Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.”
-- Savielly Tartakower
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