"As long as my opponent has not yet……" — Mikhail Tal
"As long as my opponent has not yet castled, on each move I seek a pretext for an offensive. Even when I realize that the king is not in danger."
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25 Quotes by Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Tal has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca…
- Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I…
- Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine
- There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine
- You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide…
- It is difficult to play against Einstein's theory -on his first loss to Fischer
- When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed…
- Botvinnik's right! When he says such things, then he's right. Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play…
- It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have…
- Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.
- I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.
- To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess.
More Castled Quotes
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