GREEK GIFT

Term given to the Bishop sacrifice on h7 (unmoved) without Knight on f6 or e8. First shown by Polerio in the 16^th century.

Vugar Gashimov deserves to be immortalized! Mahir Mamedov
2014
Fischer’s strength, among other things, was his ability to evolve the most efficient plan for the middlegame right after the opening. Boris Spassky
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
Politics is a team game, here it is necessary to compromise, to take into account the views of other people. As for Garry, he is quite a contentious, totalitarian person. But in general, I’m sorry that Kasparov switched to a role that does not match the scale of his personality. Vladimir Kramnik
2015
Fischer was the first to send me a telegram when I was in Amsterdam after I had defected, saying ‘Congratulations on the correct move’. Vikor Kortchnoi
1986 NIC

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