Or a chess congress, is a chess event with usually nine rounds (mostly needed for norms) where all players without restrictions of number and strength can enter.
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Quotes of the Day
There is no room for gallantry in chess.
Irving Chernev
When I am White I win because I am White. When I am Black I win because I am Bogoljubov.
Efim Bogoljubov
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 don’t particularly like being searched electronically. It is inconceivable that such a thing would happen in any other sport. It is fundamentally anti-chess, and I think the people who are behind this decision need their heads looked at! They are sick! They are ruining the very beauty that is chess.
Nigel Short 2016
I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middle-game!
David Janowski