47 Quotes by Savielly Tartakower

In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness.

Some part of a mistake is always correct

As for me, I am unfortunate enough not to posses a happy temperament like Najdorf, who views every happening in a rosy light and avoids any possibility of self-criticism. I am one of those unlucky skeptics who never overlook the dark side of even the happiest experience.

Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.

A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover.

The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.

Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.

No one ever won a game by resigning.