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Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis. But now he makes a fatal error: he begins to use his own head
— Siegbert Tarrasch
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
— Siegbert Tarrasch
Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player
— Siegbert Tarrasch
White lost because he failed to remember the right continuation and had to think up the moves himself
— Siegbert Tarrasch
One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent
— Siegbert Tarrasch
White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns
— Siegbert Tarrasch
One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat
— Siegbert Tarrasch
I have always had a slight feeling of pity for man who has no knowledge of chess.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
Here are some of the questions and answers to an examination paper in chess that was given some time ago
— Siegbert Tarrasch
When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
Intellectual activity is perhaps the greatest pleasure of life; chess is one of the forms of intellectual activity.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
Many have become chess masters - no one has become the master of chess.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.
— Andrew Jackson
He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess
— Siegbert Tarrasch
My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff.
— Harvey Pekar
He thinks being black means having plenty of attitude; I think having plenty of knowledge is what black is all about;
— Eric Jerome Dickey
I look one move ahead ... the best!
— Siegbert Tarrasch
Always put the rook behind the pawn ... Except when it is incorrect to do so.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game
— Siegbert Tarrasch
When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's mind. You may be sure that idea will be wrong
— Siegbert Tarrasch
If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
A lively imagination can exercise itself most fully and creatively in conjuring up magnificent combinations.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
What is the object of playing a gambit opening? ... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game
— Siegbert Tarrasch
The future belongs to he who has the bishops.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.
— George Washington
It is not enough to be a good player ... you must also play well
— Siegbert Tarrasch
