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“Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine” ~ Mikhail Tal

“Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens.” ~ 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.” ~ Mikhail Tal

“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine” ~ Mikhail Tal

“I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.” ~ Mikhail Tal

“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” ~ Mikhail Tal

“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!'” ~ Mikhail Tal

“Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique.” ~ Mikhail Tal

“Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.” ~ Mikhail Tal

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

“Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without any errors, or as they say ‘flawless game’ is colorless.” ~ Mikhail Tal

“Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique.” ~ Mikhail Tal

“Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.” ~ Mikhail Tal

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

“Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without any errors, or as they say ‘flawless game’ is colorless.” ~ Mikhail Tal

Wikipedia - Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal
Tal in 1962
Full name	Latvian: Mihails Tāls Russian: Михаил Нехемьевич Таль
Country	Soviet Union → Latvia
Born	9 November 1936 Riga, Republic of Latvia
Died	28 June 1992[1] (aged 55) Moscow, Russia
Title	Grandmaster (1957)
World Champion	1960–61
Peak rating	2705 (January 1980)