Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings.

- Paul Keres

Chess is a test of wills.

- Paul Keres

In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody

- Paul Keres

I was unlucky, like my country.

- Paul Keres

However hopeless the situation appears to be there yet always exists the possibility of putting up a stubborn resistance.

- Paul Keres

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

- Paul Keres

A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining …

- Paul Keres

An innovation need not be especially ingenious, but it must be well worked out.

- Paul Keres