Savielly Tartakower
Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.Collection: Knowing
The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.Collection: Mistake
No one ever won a game by resigning.Collection: Inspirational
A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!Collection: Believe
I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.Collection: Class
Some part of a mistake is always correctCollection: Mistake
The first essential for an attack is the will to attack.Collection: Essentials
The mistakes are there, waiting to be madeCollection: Mistake
The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.Collection: Success
The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doingCollection: Needs
To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the gameCollection: Sacrifice
Any opening is good enough, if its reputation is bad enough.Collection: Reputation
A game is always won through a mistake.Collection: Mistake
Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.Collection: Sleep
A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.Collection: Queens
I never defeated a healthy opponent.Collection: Healthy
In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness.Collection: Mistake
It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of 'variations'.Collection: Common Sense
It's always better to sacrifice your opponent's menCollection: Sacrifice
As for me, I am unfortunate enough not to posses a happy temperament like Najdorf, who views every happening in a rosy light and avoids any possibility of self-criticism. I am one of those unlucky skeptics who never overlook the dark side of even the happiest experience.Collection: Dark
All Chess players should have a hobbyCollection: Player
Like the alchemist of old, for ever searching for the philosopher's stone, the analyst to-day never stops looking for stronger moves to prevent the defender from establishing equality.Collection: Moving
Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders.Collection: Chess
Psychologically, the choice of an appropriate opening is of the utmost importance for a player's success in a tournament.Collection: Player
Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory.Collection: Chess
A draw can be obtained not only by repeating moves, but also by one weak move.Collection: Moving
Shall we ever live to see the following wise prohibition - the audience is forbidden to smoke and the masters are forbidden to 'smoke out' the audience by playing exchanging variations?Collection: Wise
An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard.Collection: Chess
Drawn games are sometimes more scintillating than any conclusive contest.Collection: Games
It is well-known that chess and music go well together, and many are those who have achieved unusual proficiency in both.Collection: Learning