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
Chess needs Kasparov, he’s very important for chess, he’s a very important figure who can open a lot of doors for chess. And for Kirsan, of course, it was a joke.
Silvio Danailov 2013
Magnus is playing fantastic and I play like I always play, pretty badly
Anish Giri 2017
When Korchnoi was living in the USSR I called him ‘hero of socialist labour’; when he moved to the West I renamed him ‘hero of capitalist labour’!
Boris Spassky
I am fighting for the future of chess, for the integrity of the game I love. Only when it’s clean it can grow.
Garry Kasparov 2014
It isn’t important what comes off the board, but what stays on!
Yasser Seirawan