Siegbert Tarrasch Quotes

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To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game.

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A lively imagination can exercise itself most fully and creatively in conjuring up magnificent combinations.

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In tournaments it is not enough to be a connoisseur of chess; one must also play well.

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Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies, its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys -if not the greatest one- of human existence. It is not everyone who can write a play, or build a bridge, or even make a good joke. But in chess everyone can, everyone must, be intellectually productive and so can share in this select delight. I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity for the man who has no knowledge of love. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

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It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

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Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player.

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Many have become Chess Masters, no one has become the Master of Chess.

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Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis, but now he makes a fatal error - he begins to use his own head.

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He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.

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A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost a matter of course

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Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game.

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Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns

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All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned.

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