Up to the 1990s, games not finished within a specified time period were adjudicated by a strong player who determines the outcome of the game.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
” Oh, those exclamation points! How they erode the innocent soul of the amateur, removing all hope of allowing him to examine another player’s ideas critically!”
Tigran Petrosian
It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men
Savielly Tartakower
Some twenty years ago an English journalist complained that in sports, only chess and marbles were above suspicion. One wonders what has happened in the world of marbles.
Hans Ree
I don’t particularly like being searched electronically. It is inconceivable that such a thing would happen in any other sport. It is fundamentally anti-chess, and I think the people who are behind this decision need their heads looked at! They are sick! They are ruining the very beauty that is chess.
Nigel Short 2016
What am I doing in this pool of piranhas?
Nigel Short 2017