The Problem composed by Dr. Conrad Bayer was chritened the Immortal Problem and for several decades ranked as one of the greatest extant compositions.
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Quotes of the Day
When your house is on fire, you can’t be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in chess, if your King is under attack, don’t worry about losing a pawn on the queenside.
Garry Kasparov
it would have been a debacle if Karjakin had become the 17th World Champion.
Garry Kasparov 2016
First of all, I am a mother, and only then a chessplayer
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant 2009
FIDE is now a political organization. And being a political organization, it, of course, means that people in FIDE have some other interests – that is, to sit in their positions for the next hundred years.
Silvio Danailov 2016
I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
Robert Fischer 1971