Paul Keres Quotes

• However hopeless the situation appears to be there yet always exists the possibility of putting up a stubborn resistance.

  Paul Keres

  Stubborn, Chess, Resistance

  Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov (2012). “The Art of the Middle Game”, p.81, Courier Corporation

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• In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody

  Paul Keres

  Chess, Complicated, Fischer

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• A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.

  Paul Keres

  Moving, Player, Second Chance

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• Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings.

  Paul Keres

  Hard Work, Technique, World

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• Chess is a test of wills.

  Paul Keres

  Chess, Tests

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• An innovation need not be especially ingenious, but it must be well worked out.

  Paul Keres

  Innovation, Chess, Needs

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• I was unlucky, like my country.

  Paul Keres

  Country, Unlucky

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• In the endgame, an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.

  Paul Keres

  Second Chance, Errors, Chance

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