
I go over many games collections and pick up something from the style of each player. —
Mikhail Tal

Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens. —
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 —
Mikhail Tal

If Tal would learn to program himself properly, then it would become quite impossible to play against him. —
Mikhail Botvinnik

Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess. —
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

First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns. —
Mikhail Tal

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

If you wait for luck to turn up, life becomes very boring. —
Mikhail Tal

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine —
Mikhail Tal

Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight! —
Mikhail Tal

I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune. —
Mikhail Tal

...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present.
JOURNALIST. And your plans.
PLAYER. To play! —
Mikhail Tal

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. —
Mikhail Tal

Young man, consider that the train has left, and all you can do is loudly slam the door in farewell. —
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

For pleasure you can read the games collections of Andersson and Chigorin, but for benefit you should study Tarrasch, Keres and Bronstein. —
Mikhail Tal

I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind. —
Mikhail Tal

When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!' —
Mikhail Tal