Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.

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"It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men."

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"Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders."

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"The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake"

- Savielly Tartakower

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"Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders"

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"The mistakes are there, waiting to be made"

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"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."

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"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."

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"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."

- Florence Nightingale

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"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."

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