Title inaugurated in 1978 for a player with an ELO rating around 2300, after recommendation of his national federation.
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Quotes of the Day
It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men
Savielly Tartakower
It isn’t important what comes off the board, but what stays on!
Yasser Seirawan
We will note the openings used by the participants of a nine-round match. The age of openings is considerably higher than the age of both rivals. Some opening positions could be analyzed by Steinitz when he was preparing to his match with Zukertort.
Mikhail Tal 1966 (Petrosian-Spassky match)
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower
School is a waste of time for me. I want to be world chess champion, and they can’t teach me anything there.
Robert Fischer 1961