Title given to draw specialist like Carl Schlechter, Petar Trifunovic, Tigran Petrosian, Arthur Dunkelblum, Ulf Andersson, Gennadi Sosonko, Iosif Dorfman and in the 80’s to Boris Spassky…
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Quotes of the Day
Petrosian would never have beaten me if he had played like that in 1963.
Mikhail Botvinnik 1966
Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth.
Alexander Kotov
Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.
Irving Chernev
Carlsen: “I ran out of steam towards the end but fortunately I played better than he did”
Magnus Carlsen 2017
Some players lose ability to think independently and rely on computers completely.
Lajos Portisch 2012