Cases Quote by Fred Reinfeld

A game is always won through a mistake.

— Savielly Tartakower

A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining…

— Paul Keres

Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.

— Vladimir Kramnik

Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.

— Ritu Ghatourey

By positional play a master tries to prove and exploit true values, whereas by combinations he seeks to refute false values ... A combination…

— Emanuel Lasker

No one plays this or any game perfectly. It's the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.

— Phil Jackson

It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame.

— Samuel Reshevsky

In games against humans, you often win because the opponent blunders a piece, and you can often survive when you do it yourself. Against…

— Vladimir Kramnik

In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness.

— Savielly Tartakower

In gambling, you usually start to go wrong when you deviate from your pregame strategy.

— James Holzhauer

There are no hopeless positions; there are only inferior positions that can be saved. There are no drawn positions; there are only equal ones…

— Grigory Sanakoev

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game

— Savielly Tartakower