●关于战术
1)The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made. - Tartakover
棋盘上失误充斥，它们等着被制造。 --塔塔科维
2)The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. - Tartakover
对局的胜利者，是犯最后错误之前那个错误的人。 --塔塔科维
3)There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine. - Tal
弃子有两种类型：正确的和属于我的。 --塔尔
4)The pin is mightier than the sword. - Reinfeld
别针比宝剑还要犀利。 --雷恩菲尔德
[译注：pin，别针、钉子、栓子；用于象棋术语指栓连、牵制战术，故有此说。]
5)Discovered check is the dive-bomber of the chessboard. - Fine
闪(抽)将是棋盘上的俯冲轰炸机。 --法因
6)In blitz, the knight is stronger than the bishop. - Vlastimil Hort
超快棋中，马强于象。 --霍特
7)The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations. - Reti
对局的方案根据局面性路线而行；而它的决定，通常则由战术组合而生效。 --列蒂
8)In the perfect chess combination as in a first-rate short story, the whole plot and counter-plot should lead up to a striking finale, the interest not being allayed until the very last moment. - Yates and Winter
完美的象棋组合犹如一篇第一流的短篇故事，正反双方应该导致一场最后的战斗终曲，直到最后那刻之前，趣味始终高涨。 --叶茨和温特
9)... I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent. - Mikhail Tal
……我开始了在决定性的对局中获胜。可能是因为我认识到一个非常简单的事实：不仅我会紧张，我的对手也会。 --塔尔
10)The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do. - Gerald Abrahams
战术家在有所可行动时知道怎么做；而战略家在无所可行动时知道怎么做。 --阿伯拉罕斯 [译注：奇怪，网上别的地方说这是塔塔科维的话]
●中局和残局
1)Before the endgame, the gods have placed the middlegame. - Tarrasch
上帝已把中局摆在残局之前。 --塔拉什
[译注：另一版本，Between the opening and endgame the gods have placed the middlegame]
2)Every pawn is a potential Queen. - Mason
每一只兵都是潜在的后。 --梅森
3)A Passed Pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. - Capablanca
棋盘上棋子数目减少，通路兵威力上升。 --卡帕布兰卡
4)The older I grow, the more I Pawns - Paul Keres
我年纪越大，就越看重兵的价值。 --凯列斯
●计划和分析
1)Even a poor plan is better than no plan at all. - Mikhail Chigorin
哪怕是一个拙劣的计划也比完全无计划好。 --奇戈林
2)It is not a move, even the best move, that you must seek, but a realisable plan. - Znosko-Borovsky
你需要找寻的不是一步棋，哪怕是最好的棋，而应该是一个合理的计划。 --波罗夫斯基
3)Methodical thinking is of more use in chess than inspiration. - Purdy
下棋时系统的思考比灵感更重要。 --普迪
4)Chess is the art of analysis. - Botvinnik
象棋是分析的艺术。 --鲍特维尼克
5)Half the variations which are calculated in a tournament game turn out to be completely superfluous. Unfortunately, no one knows in advance which half - Jan Tinman
比赛时，所计算过的变化里最终证明有一半是完全多余的。可惜，没有人能事先知道是哪一半。 --蒂曼
6)Chess books should be used as we use glasses -- to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight. - Jose Capablanca
关于棋书的使用就象我们使用眼镜--是为了辅助看得清，但有些棋手居然让自己相信自己真的视力良好了。 --卡帕布兰卡
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