Positional Quotes

21 quotes by 19 authors

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional… — Ken Blanchard
Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history have been the… — Yasser Seirawan
The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations. — Richard Reti
A leader - whether in the home, church, business, community, or government - has authority due to her role, but her positional power will not… — Dan B. Allender
If (Black) is going for victory, he is practically forced to allow his opponent to get some kind of well-known positional advantage. — Mikhail Tal
I do not play chess â€“ I fight at chess. Therefore, I willingly combine the tactical with the strategic, the fantastic with the scientific, the… — Alexander Alekhine
By positional play a master tries to prove and exploit true values, whereas by combinations he seeks to refute false values ... A combination produces… — Emanuel Lasker
A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history and one which… — Richard Reti
The main thing that develops positional judgement, that perfects it and makes it many-sided, is detailed analytical work, sensible tournament practice, a self-critical attitude to… — Alexander Kotov
White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn. — Siegbert Tarrasch
Play the open variation of the Ruy is my advice to all ordinary club players, and I recently even wrote a book about it, seen… — Bent Larsen
As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of… — Alexander Alekhine
The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, otherwise the player with… — Wilhelm Steinitz
I believe that the best style is a universal one, tactical and positional at the same time ... — Susan Polgar
We often hear the terms 'positional' and 'tactical' used as opposites. But this is as wrong as to consider a painting's composition unrelated to its… — Samuel Reshevsky
A doctor recently described to me "benign positional vertigo": it means you get dizzy in certain positions, but you can get over it without necessarily… — Mignon McLaughlin
Arsene Wenger's idea is not only to play good football. It's to play good football to win. In my day, we knew that with our… — Dennis Bergkamp
My father has positional vertigo, and if he flies he gets really dizzy, so he has to drive out to California, which he does a… — Ben Affleck
in a sense, all poetry is positional: to try to express one's position in regard to the universe embraced by consciousness, is an immemorial urge.… — Vladimir Nabokov
Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the… — John C. Maxwell

Who Wrote These Positional Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 21 Positional Quotes as follows: