Title given to draw specialist like Carl Schlechter, Petar Trifunovic, Tigran Petrosian, Arthur Dunkelblum, Ulf Andersson, Gennadi Sosonko, Iosif Dorfman and in the 80’s to Boris Spassky…
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Quotes of the Day
First of all, I am a mother, and only then a chessplayer
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant 2009
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it’s okay to lose. I don’t. You have to be merciless.
Magnus Carlsen
Petrosian would never have beaten me if he had played like that in 1963.
Mikhail Botvinnik 1966
Man has no chance to win against the modern computer. And, by and large, a confrontation between two individuals is more interesting.
Vladimir Kramnik 2015
He has weaknesses, as everyone does, but far fewer than those around him.
Veselin Topalov 2016