I never defeated a healthy opponent. Savielly Tartakower More Quotes by Savielly Tartakower More Quotes From 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. Savielly Tartakower tacticsstrategyknowing No one ever won a game by resigning. Savielly Tartakower winninginspirationalsports The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake. Savielly Tartakower lastsmistakechess Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself. Savielly Tartakower knightschesssleep 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! Savielly Tartakower chess-gamegamesbelieve I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people. Savielly Tartakower affirmationclasspeople The mistakes are there, waiting to be made Savielly Tartakower waitingmistakechess The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player. Savielly Tartakower battleplayersuccess The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing Savielly Tartakower strategychessneeds 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. Savielly Tartakower alchemiststrongermoving To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game Savielly Tartakower chess-gamesacrificegames 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. Savielly Tartakower lightselfdark A draw can be obtained not only by repeating moves, but also by one weak move. Savielly Tartakower weakchessmoving A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover. Savielly Tartakower sacrificequeensheart Some part of a mistake is always correct Savielly Tartakower mistakechess It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of 'variations'. Savielly Tartakower variationcommon-sensechess In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness. Savielly Tartakower weaknessluckmistake Whenever Black succeeds in assuming the initiative in maintaining it to a successful conclusion, the sporting spirit of the chess lover feels gratified, because it shows that the resources of the game are far from being exhausted. Savielly Tartakower blacksuccessfulgames Any opening is good enough, if its reputation is bad enough. Savielly Tartakower openingreputationgood-enough 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? Savielly Tartakower variationwisechess
