LIVERPOOL MERCURY

The first English newspaper to publish a chess column, which lasted from 9 July 1813 to 20 August 1814.

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
Kramnik was the luckiest man in the history of chess. He never won a single cycle, he got all the matches that he played for political reasons. Veselin Topalov
2014
Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders. Savielly Tartakower
Despite the ugliness of his decline, Bobby Fischer deserves to be remembered for the great things he did for chess and for his immortal games. Garry Kasparov
2004
I can’t tell the difference between 100 zillion positions and 497 zillion positions, but if it helped Deep Blue play stronger, so be it. I was looking forward to Deep Blue boldly going where no man had gone before. 1997″ Vishy Anand

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