A performance of a chess game with living pieces. A traditional event since 1954 in Morostica, Italy. The Sultan Mohammed is said to have played the first game at Grenada in 1408. Botvinnik drew with Riumin in 1962 and in 1962 with Smyslov.
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Quotes of the Day
To Put It Mildly, I Have Not a Bit of Respect For Topalov
Vladimir Kramnik 2015
What am I doing in this pool of piranhas?
Nigel Short 2017
The Golden Age, when machines were weak and my hair was strong!
Garry Kasparov 2017
After the 2nd game I could have returned to Moscow. There was only one way I could have won this match.
Boris Spassky (1974)
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it’s okay to lose. I don’t. You have to be merciless.
Magnus Carlsen