Quotes About Tactics

Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

Chess strength in general and chess strength in a specific match are by no means one and the same thing.

An army may be likened to water, for just as flowing water avoids the heights and hastens to the lowlands, so an army avoids strength and strikes weakness.

Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent's strength.

Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger in the majority of cases in which they are opposed to each other.

In warfare, first lay plans which will ensure victory, and then lead your army to battle; if you will not begin with stratagem but rely on brute strength alone, victory will no longer be assured.

Apparent confusion is a product of good order; apparent cowardice, of courage; apparent weakness, of strength.

If their forces are substantial, prepare for them; if their forces are strong, avoid them.

The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.

I know what I would do if I were coach. I'd determine our strengths and weaknesses and utilize them. And it's pretty clear what our strength is.

My strength is breaking people down. I may not outrun or outsize you, but I will make you miss.

In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter.

Guerrilla wars, and even more so terrorist assaults, are conducted only by forces with insufficient strength to carry out a real war.

Our enemies, like the Grecian hero, have one vulnerable point. You have not touched it yet. What should have been their element of weakness has been suffered to remain an element of strength.

Diplomacy is not merely talking somebody into something; it's talking to somebody from a position of strength. You put your power on the table to open up the conversation; that's diplomacy.

I've learnt not to draw my sword first to strike. That in no way portends I have the most feeble of minds or might . . . Probably, I'm waiting for the perfect moment to startle with a fatal strike.

The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

Fight only after creating conditions for victory.

The hardest game to win is a won game

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

Aggressiveness was a fundamental to success in airtoair combat and if you ever caught a fighter pilot in a defensive mood you had him licked before you started shooting.

Methodical thinking is of more use in Chess than inspiration

The key to any game is to use your strengths and hide your weaknesses.

The game might be divided into three parts, the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be equally efficient in the three parts.