Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Paul Keres

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Estonian writer Paul Keres.

Last updated on November 9, 2024.

Paul Keres was an Estonian and Soviet chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, and narrowly missed a chance at a world championship match on five occasions.

Estonian - Writer | January 7, 1916 - June 5, 1975

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

Paul Keres

Chess is a test of wills.

Paul Keres

I was unlucky, like my country.

Paul Keres

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

Paul Keres

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

Paul Keres

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

Paul Keres

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

Paul Keres

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

Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Paul Keres

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