Top Chess Quotes From Top Players

Welcome everybody to my first blog! Today i'll share with y'all some of the best chess quotes of history. So what are we waiting for? Let's dive into it! (enjoy❤️)

1)  Tartakower
"The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake."

"The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made."

"Tactics is what you do when there is something to do; strategy is what you do when there is nothing to do."

"Some part of a mistake is always correct."

"A game of chess has three phases: the opening, where you hope you stand better; the middlegame, where you think you stand better; and the ending, where you know you stand to lose."

 



2) Nimzowitsch

"The threat is stronger than the execution.”

“First restrain, next blockade, lastly destroy.”

“Do not always be thinking of attack! Moves that safeguard your position are often far more prudent.”

“Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!”

“Never play to win a pawn while your development is yet unfinished.”


3) Lasker
“The hardest game to win is a won game.”
“Chess is, above all, a fight.”
“The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.”
"When you see a good move, look for a better one."

“I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake.”


4) Philidor
"Pawns; they are the soul of chess."
"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune."
"It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the centre and, in addition, to

the opening of a file for the rook."     [the font bugged ]


5) Réti

“In chess, we get a fighting game which is purely intellectual and excludes chance.”

“A knowledge of combinations is the foundation of positional chess.”

“Chess was Capablanca’s mother tongue.”

“The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations.”

“In open positions the safety of the King should be the first consideration.”