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To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess. — Mikhail Tal

I had a career at home, and I just knew that it'd be okay if nothing happened in Los Angeles. — Alona Tal

Learn to fail or fail to learn — Tal Ben-Shahar

My closest friends from Israel make fun of me for becoming an American, and my American friends make fun of how Israeli I am ... I can't win. — Alona Tal

Turns out the problem is the picture. The problem isn't the 16,000 murders each year [ ... ]. That's not the problem. The photo is the thing. — Teodoro Petkoff

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

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine — Mikhail Tal

If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don't take it. — Mikhail Botvinnik

I see my own style as being a symbiosis of the styles of Alekhine, Tal and Fischer. — Garry Kasparov

A man makes choices," Tal said.

"True, but what choices a man makes depends on what choices he is offered. — Raymond E. Feist

Happiness is the overall experience of pleasure and meaning — Tal Ben-Shahar

I always had a weird thing with being the last person somewhere ... like a movie theater or a classroom. I get a weird sense of anxiety. — Alona Tal

When you appreciate the good, the good appreciates. — Tal Ben-Shahar

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

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

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

Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal. — Irving Chernev

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

Even if nothing awaits you in the dark, Tal wondered, what if your line is baited, and you keep pulling in things you do not intend? — Matt Holgate

I had family and friends back home. Just because I could potentially feel alone in Los Angeles, that didn't mean I was alone. — Alona Tal

I'm not sure I ever even liked Tal, much less loved him, and by the way, Tal, I believe the Palestinians should have their own state. — Rachel Cohn

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

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

Because," Mischa whispered, not taking her eyes off him. "After Tal found me, I couldn't let him go. I didn't want to be lost anymore. — Stylo Fantome

I'm not a real blond ... Shocking. — Alona Tal

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

Tal doesn't move the pieces by hand; he uses a magic wand. — Viacheslav Ragozin

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

I started playing jazz by slowing down Tal Farlow records and analyzing his runs — Lenny Breau

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

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

Our behavior toward others is often a reflection of our treatment of ourselves. — Tal Ben-Shahar

There are some people who always feel happy. They're called psychopaths — Tal Ben-Shahar

According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games. — Pal Benko

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

...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present.

JOURNALIST. And your plans.
PLAYER. To play! — Mikhail Tal

My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian — Samuel Reshevsky

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

Incremental change is better than ambitious failure ... Success feeds on itself. — Tal Ben-Shahar

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

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

I know who I am, and I know who you are, and nothing else matters. it's how we live our life. — Tal McThenia

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