Tactics is what you do When there is something to do Strategy is what you do When there is nothing to do 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! The winner of the game is the player Who makes the next-to-last mistake. It's always better To sacrifice your opponent's men The blunders are all there on the board… Waiting to be made. The move is there, but you must see it. Some part of a mistake is always correct. Moral victories do not count No game was ever won by resigning. A match demonstrates less than a tournament But a tournament demonstrates nothing at all. Erro, ergo sum Chess is a fairy tale of a thousand and one blunders Chess is a struggle against one's own errors I never defeated a healthy opponent. An isolated pawn spreads gloom All over the chessboard. Every chessplayer Should have a hobby
