A listing of who plays whom in a tournament. Pairing charts are posted before each round and also indicate which board number each player is to play on, and which color of the pieces they will have (white or black).
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Quotes of the Day
I am fighting for the future of chess, for the integrity of the game I love. Only when it’s clean it can grow.
Garry Kasparov 2014
Chess…gives students an opportunity to think at a different level.
Dr. Chad Witherspoon 2014
To Put It Mildly, I Have Not a Bit of Respect For Topalov
Vladimir Kramnik 2015
Fischer was the first to send me a telegram when I was in Amsterdam after I had defected, saying ‘Congratulations on the correct move’.
Vikor Kortchnoi 1986 NIC
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
Siegbert Tarrasch