What did Mikhail Tal mean by this quote?

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BlackChessmon

"For pleasure you can read the games collections of Andersson and Chigorin, but for benefit you should study Tarrasch, Keres and Bronstein"

notmtwain
BlackChessmon wrote:

"For pleasure you can read the games collections of Andersson and Chigorin, but for benefit you should study Tarrasch, Keres and Bronstein"

Try reading and studying the suggested games.

Here is one of Chigorin's wins against Steinitz:

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1264014