Siegbert Tarrasch quotes

Siegbert Tarrasch was a German chess grandmaster, educator, and prominent chess writer. Renowned for his clear strategic style and influential chess books, he was one of the strongest players of his era. He made significant contributions to chess theory and inspired generations of chess enthusiasts. Here are 12 of his quotes:

Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game.

Siegbert Tarrasch

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well.

Siegbert Tarrasch

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

Siegbert Tarrasch

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

Siegbert Tarrasch

Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis, but now he makes a fatal error - he begins to use his own head.

Siegbert Tarrasch

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player.

Siegbert Tarrasch

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

To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game.

Siegbert Tarrasch

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

Siegbert Tarrasch

The rooks belong behind passed pawns, behind their own in order to support their advance, behind the enemy's in order to impede their advance.

Siegbert Tarrasch