The alleged Goddess of Chess. The Muse of Chess, the creation of Sir William Jones (1746-1794). He wrote a poem entitled Caissa in 1763, and published in 1772. The poem starts by describing the pieces and their moves and goes on to tell of the origin of the game.
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Quotes of the Day
Do you realize, Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents.
Yury Balashov
You can’t look too annoyed or they’ll look for the mistake you’ve made. A lot of the time it’s about looking for these opportunities and if you give them a clue, the good players will find it.
Magnus Carlsen 2016
Looks like I’m going to raise the average age of the field and lower the average rating!
Garry Kasparov 2017
I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess. Others give only 2 percent!
Robert Fischer
It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men
Savielly Tartakower
