As long as my opponent has not yet castled, on each move I seek a pretext for an offensive. Even when I realize that the king is not in danger.
Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices. - Mikhail Tal
Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.
- Mikhail Tal
Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game… - Mikhail Tal
Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game…
Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique. - Mikhail Tal
Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique.
It is difficult to play against Einstein's theory -on his first loss to Fischer - Mikhail Tal
It is difficult to play against Einstein's theory -on his first loss to Fischer
Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens. - Mikhail Tal
Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens.
Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent - Mikhail Tal
Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent
In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought process… - Mikhail Tal
In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought process…
You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one - Mikhail Tal
You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one
If (Black) is going for victory, he is practically forced to allow his opponent to get some kind of well-known positional advantage. - Mikhail Tal
If (Black) is going for victory, he is practically forced to allow his opponent to get some kind of well-known positional advantage.
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