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I had a career at home, and I just knew that it'd be okay if nothing happened in Los Angeles.
— Alona Tal
Learn to fail or fail to learn
— Tal Ben-Shahar
My closest friends from Israel make fun of me for becoming an American, and my American friends make fun of how Israeli I am ... I can't win.
— Alona Tal
Turns out the problem is the picture. The problem isn't the 16,000 murders each year [ ... ]. That's not the problem. The photo is the thing.
— Teodoro Petkoff
Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.
— 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
Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine
— Mikhail Tal
If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don't take it.
— Mikhail Botvinnik
I see my own style as being a symbiosis of the styles of Alekhine, Tal and Fischer.
— Garry Kasparov
A man makes choices," Tal said.
"True, but what choices a man makes depends on what choices he is offered. — Raymond E. Feist
"True, but what choices a man makes depends on what choices he is offered. — Raymond E. Feist
Happiness is the overall experience of pleasure and meaning
— Tal Ben-Shahar
I always had a weird thing with being the last person somewhere ... like a movie theater or a classroom. I get a weird sense of anxiety.
— Alona Tal
When you appreciate the good, the good appreciates.
— Tal Ben-Shahar
If (Black) is going for victory, he is practically forced to allow his opponent to get some kind of well-known positional advantage.
— Mikhail Tal
Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.
— Mikhail Tal
Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal.
— Irving Chernev
Even if nothing awaits you in the dark, Tal wondered, what if your line is baited, and you keep pulling in things you do not intend?
— Matt Holgate
I had family and friends back home. Just because I could potentially feel alone in Los Angeles, that didn't mean I was alone.
— Alona Tal
I'm not sure I ever even liked Tal, much less loved him, and by the way, Tal, I believe the Palestinians should have their own state.
— Rachel Cohn
If Tal would learn to program himself properly, then it would become quite impossible to play against him.
— Mikhail Botvinnik
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
Because," Mischa whispered, not taking her eyes off him. "After Tal found me, I couldn't let him go. I didn't want to be lost anymore.
— Stylo Fantome
I'm not a real blond ... Shocking.
— Alona Tal
Young man, consider that the train has left, and all you can do is loudly slam the door in farewell.
— Mikhail Tal
Tal doesn't move the pieces by hand; he uses a magic wand.
— Viacheslav Ragozin
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
For pleasure you can read the games collections of Andersson and Chigorin, but for benefit you should study Tarrasch, Keres and Bronstein.
— 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
According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games.
— Pal Benko
As long as my opponent has not yet castled, on each move I seek a pretext for an offensive. Even when I realize that the king is not in danger.
— Mikhail Tal
...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present.
JOURNALIST. And your plans.
PLAYER. To play! — Mikhail Tal
JOURNALIST. And your plans.
PLAYER. To play! — Mikhail Tal
My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian
— Samuel Reshevsky
I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.
— Mikhail Tal
Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!
— Mikhail Tal
There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine
— Mikhail Tal