Quotes About Tactics

Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance.

The knight of QB3 is under obligation, the moment the enemy gives him the chance, of undertaking an invasion of the center by Kn-Q5.

Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

a soldier lives always for the next battle, because he knows that before it arrives impossible changes can occur in his favor.

In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated.

I have had to change the game to one that is a match of wits rather than brawn to give myself a fighting chance.

I think if you have the opportunity to bully your opponent then you have to take that chance.

Learning is too precious to be motivated by coercive tactics.

Chess is thirty to forty percent psychology. You don't have this when you play a computer. I can't confuse it

Confidence is very important - even pretending to be confident. If you make a mistake but do not let your opponent see what you are thinking then he may overlook the mistake.

I reckon you have to put a presence in front of your opponent - a bit of confidence and attitude - and then you can change what their next move may be.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

I've been a con artist since I was 16 and trying to get my dad to buy me a car. I never succeeded, but I learnt a lot of tactics.

If you can't beat 'em, cooperate 'em to death!

For one who has really mastered the way of warfare, his enemy can do nothing to escape death.

As men have to fight, women have to wait and plan. This is your time for waiting and planning, and you must be constant and discreet. Honesty matters so much less.

Keep him coming forward but never let him think that you come forward yourself. He wants to feel that he is pursuing you, not that you are entrapping him. When he gives you the choice of coming forward or running away, like then—you must always run away.But don't run too fast. Remember he has to catch you.

You have to keep him coming forward," she said. "Keep him coming forward but never let him think that you come forward yourself. He wants to feel that he is pursuing you, not that you are entrapping him. When he gives you the choice of coming forward or running away, like then—you must always run away." The

Nobody gets to be Queen of England by being loveable. You will have to play your cards right.

As one veteran of the Dardanelles said, war produces two kinds of muddle: the "Ordinary Military Cock Up" (OMCU) and the "Inextricable Balls Up" (IBU).138 In every respect apart from the final withdrawal, conducted with stealth and speed at the end of the year, Gallipoli was an IBU.

War is intellect.

It was as if she thought life was a game, and she had to psych everyone out so she'd win.

Hannah: What's your plan? Claire: Go get him Hannah: Honey, that is not a plan. That's what we in the military call an objective.

With some enemies, it's safer to let them destroy themselves.