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.
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Quotes of the Day
School is a waste of time for me. I want to be world chess champion, and they can’t teach me anything there.
Robert Fischer 1961
I’ve been playing chess professionally for 35 years! It’s a long time, and when people can still say that they enjoy my chess, that’s great.
Nigel Short 2016
My relation with Korchnoi depends on whether he has slept well. If he had bad dreams, he speaks a lot of rubbish.
Anatoly Karpov 2005
I personally believe that Karpov should have been more generous with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Kirsan is the only president in the history of FIDE, and maybe in the history of all international federations, who has contributed dozens of million dollars for the sport he loves. By the way, some of these millions went directly to Anatoly’s pocket…
George Makropoulos 2005
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
Siegbert Tarrasch