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Studies like problems are composed and not taken from games. The position is a direct mate problem, or ‘White to Play and Win” or ‘White to Play and Draw’. According Reti, also a grat composer, there are two tyes of study composers: those who study interesting basic positions, sort out those deserving of particular interest, and give them a form a form in which is artistic, economical and pure in aim; and those who start from some final position for example a mate, stalemate, zugzwang, etc. and add introductive play. Chess Composition tournaments including a world championship are organized around the year.

Botvinnik, Korchnoi and Kasparov had to hate the opponent to play successfully. I belong to a different type of chess players. I’m like Keres, Spassky and Portisch. On the board we fight, but in life we get along great. Anatoly Karpov
2015
First of all, I am a mother, and only then a chessplayer Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
2009
I don’t believe that Garry likes making decisions by democratic procedures. When there is a decision that he doesn’t like, he just turns against this organization. Georgios Makropoulos
2013
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
It’s always more difficult to hold the title than to get it. Vladimir Akopian
2012

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