Savielly Tartakower
Savielly Tartakower
Ksawery Tartakowerwas a leading Polish and French chess grandmaster. He was also a leading chess journalist and author of the 1920s and 1930s whose books remain popular even today. Tartakower is remembered for his sharp wit and aphorisms...
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth21 February 1887
mistake games chess
A game is always won through a mistake.
games chess sometimes
Drawn games are sometimes more scintillating than any conclusive contest.
games chess-game chess-pieces
To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game
believe games chess-game
A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!
successful games black
Whenever Black succeeds in assuming the initiative in maintaining it to a successful conclusion, the sporting spirit of the chess lover feels gratified, because it shows that the resources of the game are far from being exhausted.
sports games chess-game
No one ever won a game by resigning.
knows whereas
The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do.
goes mistake player victory
Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake
mistakes waiting
The mistakes are all waiting to be made.
firsts essentials chess
The first essential for an attack is the will to attack.
player should-have chess
All Chess players should have a hobby
learning together chess
It is well-known that chess and music go well together, and many are those who have achieved unusual proficiency in both.
chess surprise theory
Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory.
wise variation chess
Shall we ever live to see the following wise prohibition - the audience is forbidden to smoke and the masters are forbidden to 'smoke out' the audience by playing exchanging variations?