Chance Quote by Paul Keres

In the endgame, an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.

— Paul Keres

Errors are gonna happen. You hope it doesn't happen five times in one game, it's hard to win a game that it does happen…

— Corey Seager

Lack of proper endgame technique allows many players to escape from lost positions, even without any spectacular play on their part.

— Leonid Shamkovich

Sometimes we never really learn from the first mistake or the second or third. It only hits us when were given the last chance.

— Anonymous

Yeah, I mean, for me, it's not always about errors. It's about what balls you can get to and what plays you're making that…

— Marcus Semien

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

— Savielly Tartakower

“After making all the mistakes, every player has a chance to turn the outcome of the game around by making the right moves next.”

— Zoltan Andrejkovics

The percentage of mistakes in quick decisions is no greater than in long-drawn-out vacillation, and the effect of decisiveness itself 'makes things go' and…

— Anonymous

Faulty execution of a winning combination has lost many a game on the very brink of victory. In such cases a player sees the…

— Fred Reinfeld

A game is always won through a mistake.

— Savielly Tartakower

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 any match, there are few critical moments where there's no second best decision. The rest of the moves are intuitive.

— Viswanathan Anand