Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so.
- Siegbert Tarrasch
More Quotes By Siegbert Tarrasch
- He who fears an isolated Queen’s Pawn should give up Chess.
- It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the...
- A form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys...
- When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better...
- First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
- Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.
- It is not enough to be a good player… you must also play well
- Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you...
- Weak points or holes in the opponent’s position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns
- When you don’t know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure...
- If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.
- The future belongs to he who has the bishops.
- As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king’s...
- What is the object of playing a gambit opening?… To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player...
- Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game.
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