Title created by FIDE in 1953 and awarded annually by ICCF and approved by FIDE.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
Chess is my hobby. I have been playing chess since five years old. I like to play chess, to help chess, sponsoring chess, and attract my business friends to chess in order to develop and popularize chess. Everybody has a hobby. My hobby is chess, boxing and Buddhism.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2010
After an upsetting defeat the best psychology for the next game is a placid draw
Dr. Vidmar
I enjoy it when I see my opponent really suffering when he knows that I’ve outsmarted him
Magnus Carlsen 2012
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
I think that ACP is a small clique, which gives power to more cliques.
Nigel Short 2016