Siegbert Tarrasch: Chess

Siegbert Tarrasch was German chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician. Explore interesting quotes on chess.
Siegbert Tarrasch: 20 quotes3 likes

“Many have become Chess Masters, no one has become the Master of Chess.”

Siegbert Tarrasch

As quoted in Chess and Computers (1976) by David N. L. Levy, p. 40

“Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player.”

Siegbert Tarrasch book The Game of Chess

The Game of Chess (1931), Pt. 2 : The End Game, p. 79

“He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.”

Siegbert Tarrasch

As quoted in The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played : 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy (1965) by Irving Chernev, Game 18 : The Isolated Pawn, p. 81

“In tournaments it is not enough to be a connoisseur of chess; one must also play well.”

Siegbert Tarrasch

As quoted in "The Bright Side of Chess" (1952) by Irving Chernev, p. 107

“Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies, its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys -if not the greatest one- of human existence. It is not everyone who can write a play, or build a bridge, or even make a good joke. But in chess everyone can, everyone must, be intellectually productive and so can share in this select delight. I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity for the man who has no knowledge of love. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.”

Siegbert Tarrasch book The Game of Chess

The Game of Chess (As quoted by Fred Reinfeld in Tarrasch's Best Games of Chess)