I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
I go over many games collections and pick up something from the style of each player. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
“...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present. JOURNALIST. And your plans. PLAYER. To play!” — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
It is difficult to play against Einstein's theory -on his first loss to Fischer — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
I'd like to always be romantic in chess. Sadly, this doesn't always work like that. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
I will not hide the fact that I love to hear the spectators react after a sacrifice of a piece or pawn.… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
For pleasure you can read the games collections of Andersson and Chigorin, but for benefit you should study Tarrasch, Keres and Bronstein. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
As long as my opponent has not yet castled, on each move I seek a pretext for an offensive. Even when I… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Many Chess players were surprised when after the game, Fischer quietly explained: 'I had already analyzed this possibility' in a position which… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Botvinnik's right! When he says such things, then he's right. Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play it. For… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
“I prefer to make my annotations 'hot on the heels', as it were, when the fortunes of battle, the worries, hopes and… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful,… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
I think that the FIDE leaders have to reconsider the current drawing rules - their advantages aren't very clear, but their shortcomings are obvious.… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share
I'd like to always be romantic in chess. Sadly, this doesn't always work like that. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share
“I prefer to make my annotations 'hot on the heels', as it were, when the fortunes of battle, the worries, hopes and disappointments are… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share
Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share
Playing in your home city is very special. You feel the support and attention. When everything goes well, it's very great, but when it… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share
Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share
I can take care of myself! But the "external barriers", my opponents, do indeed concern me. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share
“Young man, consider that the train has left, and all you can do is loudly slam the door in farewell.” — Mikhail Tal Copy Share
“...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present. JOURNALIST. And your plans. PLAYER. To play!” — Mikhail Tal Copy Share
Naturally, the psychological susceptibility of a match participant is significantly higher than a participant in a tournament, since each game substantially changes the over-all… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share
I will not hide the fact that I love to hear the spectators react after a sacrifice of a piece or pawn. I don't… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share
In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share
