Tactical Quotes

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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
That which does not kill me, has made a grave tactical error. — Jerry Pournelle
There were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia's history and it further development. No, there were no such mistakes. Tactical errors were made in… — Boris Yeltsin
I had a dual goal in my running that was to win and to achieve excellence, so I was never happy with a slow tactical… — Herb Elliott
Don't even FRONT like you love your family, America, or God, if you don't have a DETAILED & REHEARSED Black Friday tactical shopping plan. — Rob Delaney
The tactical difference between Association Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former the ball is the missile, in the… — Ernest Crawley
The real strength of democracy is that anyone who is not specifically against it must ultimately be for it, while communism suffers from the great… — Edwin O. Reischauer
It is my view that there is no sensible military use for nuclear weapons, whether "strategic" weapons, "tactical" weapons, "theatre" weapons, weapons at sea or… — Noel Gayler
So we have a group within the office that is devoted to support for the war fighter. That's, of necessity, an operational and tactical level… — Stephen Cambone
I feel slightly confused about certain things. Practical and tactical things. When you try to make everyone happyâ€¦ in the end you've got to make… — Julian Casablancas
Greater powers and resources do not guarantee tactical superiority. — Sun Bin
I must have just dreamed that about Liverpool playing 3-4-3. What do people think that was, a bit of luck? A British coach playing 3-4-3?… — Brendan Rodgers
It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea with… — Barry S. Strauss
If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical maneuver. If a writer is silent, he is lying. — Jaroslav Seifert
First and foremost it is essential to understand the essence, the overall idea of any fashionable variation, and only then include it in one's repertoire.… — Lev Polugaevsky
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
Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating. — Samuel Reshevsky
The worst enemy of the strategist is the clock. Time trouble... Reduces us all to pure reflex and reaction, tactical play. Emotion and instinct cloud… — Garry Kasparov
If we turn to the differences separating Communist, Fascist, and National Socialist regimes, we find that they can be accounted for by contrasting social, economic,… — Richard Pipes
"What would I do if?.." By thinking tactically, we can more easily arrive at correct tactical solutions, and practice - even theoretical practice - tends… — Jeff Cooper

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