ASHTAPADA

A 64-square uncheckered gaming board used in India as early as the 2nd century B.C. and borrowed for chess.

Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for. Hans Ree
Chess is respected in culture and education, but our organization is far behind. FIDE must lead, not drag chess down. Garry Kasparov
2014
Preparation for a world championship was always an arms race, in previous times with books, then with seconds, today with computers. Vishy Anand
2008
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere. David Bronstein
He has weaknesses, as everyone does, but far fewer than those around him. Veselin Topalov
2016

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