Siegbert Tarrasch

A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult,…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

The future belongs to he who has the bishops.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

— Siegbert Tarrasch

I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Here are some of the questions and answers to an examination paper in chess that was given some time ago

— Siegbert Tarrasch

I look one move ahead... the best!

— Siegbert Tarrasch

A form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Many have become chess masters - no one has become the master of chess.

— 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…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

I have always had a slight feeling of pity for man who has no knowledge of chess.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player

— Siegbert Tarrasch

I already came upon the world as a extraordinary human being; to my parents' great horror, I was equipped with a clubfoot…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

I have a quite feeling of pity for all those who don't know chess; almost like I am sorry for those who…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Intellectual activity is perhaps the greatest pleasure of life; chess is one of the forms of intellectual activity.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis. But now he makes a fatal error: he begins to use his…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game

— Siegbert Tarrasch

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

— Siegbert Tarrasch