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Mikhail Tal Quotes: "In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought processes into normal human language."

In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought processes into normal human language.



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

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




Mikhail Tal Quotes: "Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess."

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 Quotes: "There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine"

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine




Mikhail Tal Quotes: "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"

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 Quotes: "To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess."

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



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "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!'"

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 Quotes: "Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless."

Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!"

Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices."

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



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns."

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



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique."

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 Quotes: "Many Chess players were surprised when after the game, Fischer quietly explained: 'I had already analyzed this possibility' in a position which I thought was not possible to foresee from the opening"

Many Chess players were surprised when after the game, Fischer quietly explained: 'I had already analyzed this possibility' in a position which I thought was not possible to foresee from the opening



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens."

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



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it."

The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it.



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine"

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "If (Black) is going for victory, he is practically forced to allow his opponent to get some kind of well-known positional advantage."

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 Quotes: "It is difficult to play against Einstein's theory -on his first loss to Fischer"

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



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

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



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "I'd like to always be romantic in chess. Sadly, this doesn't always work like that."

I'd like to always be romantic in chess. Sadly, this doesn't always work like that.



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

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



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

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



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "Planning anything is hopeless."

Planning anything is hopeless.



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "I believe most definitely that one must not only grapple with the problems on the board, one must also make every effort to combat the thoughts and will of the opponent."

I believe most definitely that one must not only grapple with the problems on the board, one must also make every effort to combat the thoughts and will of the opponent.



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Naturally, the psychological susceptibility of a match participant is significantly higher than a participant in a tournament, since each game substantially changes the over-all position."

Naturally, the psychological susceptibility of a match participant is significantly higher than a participant in a tournament, since each game substantially changes the over-all position.



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "You can't avoid mistakes and bad luck."

You can't avoid mistakes and bad luck.



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

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



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "Chess isn't football or hockey."

Chess isn't football or hockey.



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "I can take care of myself! But the "external barriers", my opponents, do indeed concern me."

I can take care of myself! But the "external barriers", my opponents, do indeed concern me.



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

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



Mikhail Tal Quotes: "Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless."

Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.