Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.
Siegbert TarraschA thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost a matter of course
Siegbert TarraschWhite lost because he failed to remember the right continuation and had to think up the moves himself
Siegbert Tarrasch