"As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities."

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Source : Alexander Alekhine, Garry Kasparov (2011). “Alexander Alekhine's Best Games: Algebraic edition”, Pavilion Books

Alexander Alekhine

#Sacrifice Quotes #Chess Quotes #Praise Quotes

“People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.”

Source : Weegee (1975). “Naked city”, Da Capo Pr
“Writers will be judged by what they write.”
“I really believe in the power of comics as an educational thing, even ones as silly as mine, because they're a gateway to the actual thing. They're like an easy entrance.”
“I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.”

Source : "Elegies, IV". Book by Sextus Propertius, poem 10. 3,
“Labels are for cans, not people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“To keep faith with life is to experience that everything- everything that comes to us whatever it is- has its place in the puzzle of our existence.”

Source : Roger Housden (2014). “Keeping the Faith Without a Religion”, p.8, Sounds True
“You'll find as you go through life that great depth and smoldering sensuality don't always win.”
“I would not take for granted that my personal life - because I knew better than anybody - that it was just a life. It was surprisingly an ordinary life.”

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