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Just as one's imagination is ...

Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.

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As long as my opponent has not...

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.

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Fischer is Fischer, but a knig...

Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!

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The cherished dream of every c...

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.

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I go over many games collectio...

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

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It's funny, but many people do...

It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!

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Without technique it is imposs...

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

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Naturally, the psychological s...

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.

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Later, I began to succeed in d...

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

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Some sacrifices are sound; the...

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine

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There are two types of sacrifi...

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine

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You must take your opponent in...

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

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It is difficult to play agains...

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

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When I asked Fischer why he ha...

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!'

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In my games I have sometimes f...

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.

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Many Chess players were surpri...

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

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For pleasure you can read the ...

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

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Botvinnik's right! When he say...

Botvinnik's right! When he says such things, then he's right. Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play it. For me chess is more an art than a science. It's been said that Alekhine and I played similar chess, except that he studied more. Yes, perhaps, but I have to say that he played, too.

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I have always thought it a mat...

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

Michail Tall 29 quotes

Just as one's imagination is s...

Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.

Michail Tall 29 quotes

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