ISLE OF LEWIS CHESSMEN

A unique collection of carved chessman, part of a hoard of walrus ivory discovered in 1831 buried in the sandbank of the Isle of Lewis.

Carlsen: “I ran out of steam towards the end but fortunately I played better than he did” Magnus Carlsen
2017
My style is based on giving energy and creating. Karpov’s style is something that is probably taking energy from his opponent. NIC 1989 Garry Kasparov
1989 NIC
” (about Lasker) For me, this personality, notwithstanding his fundamentally optimistic attitude, had a tragic note. The enormous mental resilience, without which no chess player can exist, was so much taken up by chess that he could never free his mind of this game, even when he was occupied by philosophical and humanitarian questions.” Albert Einstein
My chess method is without formulas, without orthodox thinking. I always explain that chess is an art and that there are no definite judgments. Lev Polugaevsky
1990 NIC
Looks like I’m going to raise the average age of the field and lower the average rating! Garry Kasparov
2017

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