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.

When I am White I win because I am White. When I am Black I win because I am Bogoljubov. Efim Bogoljubov
Preparation for a world championship was always an arms race, in previous times with books, then with seconds, today with computers. Vishy Anand
2008
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game Siegbert Tarrasch
Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess. Irving Chernev
Carlsen is paying far less attention to opening theory than his rivals, he is happy to go down paths that may offer no advantage yet have the benefit of dragging opponents out of their “openings book”. Once beyond the reaches of computer-aided openings, Carlsen starts to turn the screw. Judith Polgar
FT, 2014

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