Chess Quotes

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It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well — Siegbert Tarrasch
A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it — Wilhelm Steinitz
Tactics flow from a superior position — Bobby Fischer
Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent — Mikhail Tal
Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine — Mikhail Tal
Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they… — Jose Raul Capablanca
There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine — Mikhail Tal
Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all — Bobby Fischer
My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration — Bobby Fischer
The combination player thinks forward; he starts from the given position, and tries the forceful moves in his mind — Emanuel Lasker
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… — Savielly Tartakower
Chess demands total concentration — Bobby Fischer
All my games are real — Bobby Fischer
Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists — Marcel Duchamp
Chess is thirty to forty percent psychology. You don't have this when you play a computer. I can't confuse it — Judit Polgar
On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long — Emanuel Lasker
The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient — Aron Nimzowitsch
Via the squares on the chessboard, the Indians explain the movement of time and the age, the higher influences which control the world and the… — Unknown Author
For surely of all the drugs in the world, Chess must be the most permanently pleasurable — Unknown Author
A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost a… — Siegbert Tarrasch

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