Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Mikhail Tal Quotes: Chess isn't football or hockey.
         

Chess isn't football or hockey.


Mikhail Tal
Check all other quotes by Mikhail Tal

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Mikhail Tal Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 04 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Chess-isn-t-football-or-hockey-898478>.





Check out


Other quotes of Mikhail Tal


You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one

You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one



In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought processes into normal human language.

In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought processes into normal human language.



If you wait for luck to turn up, life becomes very boring.

If you wait for luck to turn up, life becomes very boring.



Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.

Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.



There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine



Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent

Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent



To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess.

To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess.



When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'

When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'



Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.

Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.



Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!

Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!





Other quotes you may like


My luck's no greater than yours or any man's. You need only sharpen your eyes to see your luck when it comes, and sharpen your wits to use what falls into your hands.

My luck's no greater than yours or any man's. You need only sharpen your eyes to see your luck when it comes, and sharpen your wits to use what falls into your hands.



The cat always leaves a mark on his friend.

The cat always leaves a mark on his friend.



Theatre is where my passion lies - I just love it. I love watching it, and I love doing it.

Theatre is where my passion lies - I just love it. I love watching it, and I love doing it.



At best the principles that economists have supposed the choices of rational individuals to satisfy can be presented as guidelines for us to consider when we make our decisions.

At best the principles that economists have supposed the choices of rational individuals to satisfy can be presented as guidelines for us to consider when we make our decisions.



In this century, the 21st century, the U.S. recognizes our prosperity and our security depends even more on the Asia-Pacific region.

In this century, the 21st century, the U.S. recognizes our prosperity and our security depends even more on the Asia-Pacific region.



If you are drawn to the left hand path, it's usually because you've had some kind of life experience that has shocked you, awakened you.

If you are drawn to the left hand path, it's usually because you've had some kind of life experience that has shocked you, awakened you.



How Sunday into Monday melts!

How Sunday into Monday melts!



Quality, service, cleanliness, and value.

Quality, service, cleanliness, and value.



I'm going to try to fit in where I can and play the way I can.

I'm going to try to fit in where I can and play the way I can.



True modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves - neither more nor less.

True modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves - neither more nor less.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Chess isn't football or hockey.". Author of this quote is Mikhail Tal. This quote is about chess, hockey, football,.