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
I never make mistakes in chess, I only have hallucinations!
Vlastimil Hort 1987
Botvinnik and Tal are among the best; I also like Spassky, but I think Petrosian is better than all of them. His weakness is too many draws, even against players he could beat easily. Maybe he lacks self-confidence.
Robert Fischer 1960
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
Siegbert Tarrasch
When you see a good move, look for a better one
Emanuel Lasker
Petrosian would never have beaten me if he had played like that in 1963.
Mikhail Botvinnik 1966