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

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

Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.

- 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

- Mikhail Tal

Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens.

- 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…

- Mikhail Tal

It is difficult to play against Einstein's theory -on his first loss to Fischer

- 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.

- Mikhail Tal

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine

- Mikhail Tal