"Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine" — Mikhail Tal

"Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine"

— Mikhail Tal

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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…
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.
If (Black) is going for victory, he is practically forced to allow his opponent to get some kind of well-known…

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More Chess Quotes

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Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. — Alexander Alekhine
I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. — Alexander Alekhine
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I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to… — Graydon Carter
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. — Raymond Chandler
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. — Nicolas Chamfort
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