"To play for a draw (at any rate……" — Mikhail Tal

"To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess."

— 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…
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.
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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