A title created by FIDE in 1956 to those who have judged composing tournaments to the satisfaction of a committee appointed by the WFCC.
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Quotes of the Day
16. “By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don’t swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.
Anatoly Karpov
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky
I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
Robert Fischer 1971
I can’t tell the difference between 100 zillion positions and 497 zillion positions, but if it helped Deep Blue play stronger, so be it. I was looking forward to Deep Blue boldly going where no man had gone before. 1997″
Vishy Anand
Kasparov doesn’t care about chess, but only about himself and his political goals
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2015