CHESS MONTHLY

British monthly magazine published by Cox and edited by Hoffer and Zukertort which ran from 1879 to 1896. The American Chess Monthly ran from 1857 to 1861 was edited by Daniel Willard Fiske. Morphy acted as games editor from 1858 until 1861.

A game of chess has three phases: the opening, where you hope you stand better; the middlegame, where you think you stand better; and the ending, where you know you stand to lose. Savielly Tartakower
In the 70s Karpov was a darling of the Politburo or the political elite. So Kramnik is now. Just like the old days. But at least Karpov, unlike him, played in and won qualifying matches. Veselin Topalov
When you see a good move, look for a better one Emanuel Lasker
Carlsen is paying far less attention to opening theory than his rivals, he is happy to go down paths that may offer no advantage yet have the benefit of dragging opponents out of their “openings book”. Once beyond the reaches of computer-aided openings, Carlsen starts to turn the screw. Judith Polgar
FT, 2014
Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for. Hans Ree

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