ASHTAPADA

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

In chess,honestly,nobody cares how beautiful you play,if Morphy would be 2710 today,he would not get a single invitation. Teymur Rajabov
2017
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game Siegbert Tarrasch
Karpov is the official World Champion, but I’m not sure what that really means. Jan Timman
1993
One of the most important things in chess is pattern recognition: the ability to recognise typical themes and images on the board, characteristics of a position and their consequences. Magnus Carlsen
2010
According to my experiences, in key events, normally the games’ quality is not as high as other major events. Most brilliant games are not found in championships at present. Garry Kasparov
2014

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