ECHO

A type of chess problem (mating or winning) where two or more defenses illustrate the same theme.

Whatever opinions people might have about Ilyumzhinov, I am sure that exactly those accusations by the US authorities are far-fetched. It looks more like a revenge for the 2014 FIDE elections which Kasparov lost to Ilyumzhinov by a wide margin. Vladimir Kramnik
2016
Kasparov doesn’t care about chess, but only about himself and his political goals Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
2015
When I see the Berlin defence, I am almost happy that I am not longer a top player! Nigel Short
2016
Looks like I’m going to raise the average age of the field and lower the average rating! Garry Kasparov
2017
Time trouble is blunder time. Alexander Kotov

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