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> [When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/when-you-see-a-good-move-sit-on-your-hands-and-see-if-you-can-find-a/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

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## More by Siegbert Tarrasch

> [A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/a-thorough-understanding-of-the-typical-mating-continuations-makes/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/when-you-see-a-good-move-sit-on-your-hands-and-see-if-you-can-find-a/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [The future belongs to he who has the bishops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/the-future-belongs-to-he-who-has-the-bishops/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/it-is-not-enough-to-be-a-good-player-you-must-also-play-well/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/i-had-a-toothache-during-the-first-game-in-the-second-game-i-had-a/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/white-has-no-positional-equivalent-for-the-centralized-pawn/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [Here are some of the questions and answers to an examination paper in chess that was given some time ago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/here-are-some-of-the-questions-and-answers-to-an-examination-paper-in/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [I look one move ahead... the best!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/i-look-one-move-ahead-the-best/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [A form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/a-form-of-intellectual-productiveness-therein-lies-its-peculiar-charm/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [Many have become chess masters - no one has become the master of chess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/many-have-become-chess-masters-no-one-has-become-the-master-of-chess/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In its absense the game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/as-rousseau-could-not-compose-without-his-cat-beside-him-so-i-cannot/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [I have always had a slight feeling of pity for man who has no knowledge of chess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/i-have-always-had-a-slight-feeling-of-pity-for-man-who-has-no/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/i-have-always-a-slight-feeling-of-pity-for-the-man-who-has-no/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/first-class-players-lose-to-second-class-players-because-second-class/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

> [Always put the rook behind the pawn… Except when it is incorrect to do so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/always-put-the-rook-behind-the-pawn-except-when-it-is-incorrect-to-do/)

[Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/)

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