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Siegbert Tarrasch Quotes

1862–1934 Germany

Siegbert Tarrasch (March 5, 1862 – February 17, 1934) was a leading chess player.

Germany
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Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

The Game of Chess (1931)

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.

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player.

The Game of Chess (1931)

The rooks belong behind passed pawns, behind their own in order to support their advance, behind the enemy's in order to impede their advance.

Many have become Chess Masters, no one has become the Master of Chess.

Chess and Computers (1976)

In tournaments it is not enough to be a connoisseur of chess; one must also play well.

The Bright Side of Chess (1952)

Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game.

Cunning Exiles : Studies of Modern Prose Writers (1974)

To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game.

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played : 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy (1965)

The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Siegbert Tarrasch (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.