CHESS CHAT

Canadian leading chess magazine edited by MacAdam in 1947, Daniel Yanovsky from 1956 to 1959, Nathan Divinsky 1959-1978 Macskay and finally Szarka until 1988.

Carlsen is paying far less attention to opening theory than his rivals, he is happy to go down paths that may offer no advantage yet have the benefit of dragging opponents out of their “openings book”. Once beyond the reaches of computer-aided openings, Carlsen starts to turn the screw. Judith Polgar
FT, 2014
I still think people can learn at any age – I’m actually sure about that. It’s just that the ceiling is lower for how far you want to go. Magnus Carlsen
2016
Do you realize, Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents. Yury Balashov
The Golden Age, when machines were weak and my hair was strong! Garry Kasparov
2017
Chess is a game by its form, an art by its content and a science by the difficulty of gaining mastery in it. Chess can convey as much happiness as a good book or work of music can. However, it is necessary to learn to play well and only afterwards will one experience real delight. Tigran Petrosian

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