Siegbert Tarrasch (1862 – 1934)
Leading chess player.
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In tournaments it is not enough to be a connoisseur of chess; one must also play well.
To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game.
Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game.
Like Ruso could not compose without his cat beside him, I without my King's Bishop cannot play chess. Without its presence, to me the game feels lifeless and cold. The vitalizing factor is missing, and I can devise no way of attack.
Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis, but now he makes a fatal error - he beings to use his own head.
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.
From Anderssen I learned the art of making combinations; from Tarrasch I learned how advantageously to avoid making them.
One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent.
Many have become Chess Masters, no one has become the Master of Chess.
The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.
He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.
Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player.
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