Latin for “we are one family,” it is FIDE’s official motto since the 1950’s.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
Botvinnik and Tal are among the best; I also like Spassky, but I think Petrosian is better than all of them. His weakness is too many draws, even against players he could beat easily. Maybe he lacks self-confidence.
Robert Fischer 1960
Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for.
Hans Ree
Fischer wanted to prove that all world championship games after his victory were prearranged. He did not convince me.
Vishy Anand 2008
I think I am certainly more talented than many other people. But I don’t know what talent consists of.
Magnus Carlsen 2014
Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when their are only wasting their time.
Bernard Shaw
