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Modern Chess Openings, or the chess player’s Bible, published as its first edition, edited by R.C. Griffith (1872-1955), in 1911. Other editions were issued in 1913, 1916, 1920, 1925, 1932, 1939 (Fine), 1946, 1957, 1965 (Evans), 1972 and the twelfth in 1982.

Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games. These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they’re going to know the truth when I do this book! Robert Fischer
September, 1 1992
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively. Mark Dvoretsky
Everything is very concrete nowadays. The computer often gives unnatural moves which are correct, but sometimes hard to remember. You know a line is correct, but then your forget something and lose terribly. Daniel Stellwagen
2010
I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone’s hand off if he puts it in my mouth Wilhelm Steinitz
In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within yourself a large number of qualities, the qualities of an artistic creator, a calculating practitioner, a cold calm competitor. Alexander Kotov

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