Paul Keres

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However hopeless the situation appears to be there yet always exists the possibility of putting up a stubborn resistance.
- Paul Keres
Collection: Stubborn
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In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody
- Paul Keres
Collection: Chess
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A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.
- Paul Keres
Collection: Moving
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Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings.
- Paul Keres
Collection: Hard Work
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Chess is a test of wills.
- Paul Keres
Collection: Chess
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An innovation need not be especially ingenious, but it must be well worked out.
- Paul Keres
Collection: Innovation
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I was unlucky, like my country.
- Paul Keres
Collection: Country
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In the endgame, an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.
- Paul Keres
Collection: Second Chance