“Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!” IfsGamesWorryPositionTerribleChessOpponentsChess Game Author:Siegbert Tarrasch
“Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game.” GamesMiddleChessChess GameEndgame Author: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” GamesPlayerObjectsCostLosingChessOpeningReputationAcquireChess GameChess PlayersPlaying ChessDashingGambitLosing A Game Author:Siegbert Tarrasch
“First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game” FirstsSometimesPlaySuccessGamesLosesClassPlayerChessFirst ClassChess GameChess PlayersPlaying Chess Author:Siegbert Tarrasch
“I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack of rheumatism. In the fourth game, I wasn't feeling well. And in the fifth game? Well, must one have to win every game?” FirstsWellsFeelingsGamesWinningThirdsChessFourthFifthHeadacheChess GameToothache Author:Siegbert Tarrasch
“As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In its absense the game to me is lifeless and void. The vitalizing factor is missing, and I can devise no plan of attack.” I CanPlayGamesPlansMissingKingsCatChessFactorsVoidBishopsLifeless Author:Siegbert Tarrasch
