Tartakower Quotes

Tartakower once wrote that after planting a Knight in the center you can go to sleep. This is not to be taken literally, of course, but it contains more than a germ of truth. ~ Samuel Reshevsky

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

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

Some part of a mistake is always correct. ~ Savielly Tartakower

It's always better to sacrifice your opponent's men ~ Savielly Tartakower

Drawn games are sometimes more scintillating than any conclusive contest. ~ Savielly Tartakower

A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover. ~ Savielly Tartakower

The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake. ~ Savielly Tartakower

The mistakes are there, waiting to be made ~ Savielly Tartakower

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game ~ Savielly Tartakower

The move is there, but you must see it. ~ Savielly Tartakower

All Chess players should have a hobby ~ Savielly Tartakower

I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people. ~ Savielly Tartakower

A game is always won through a mistake. ~ Savielly Tartakower

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player. ~ Savielly Tartakower

Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself. ~ Savielly Tartakower

Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders. ~ Savielly Tartakower

The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made. ~ Savielly Tartakower

Any opening is good enough, if its reputation is bad enough. ~ Savielly Tartakower

An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard. ~ Savielly Tartakower

I never defeated a healthy opponent. ~ Savielly Tartakower

Psychologically, the choice of an appropriate opening is of the utmost importance for a player's success in a tournament. ~ Savielly Tartakower