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
For goodness’ sake, how could Kasparov, after all his matches against Karpov, support him in the FIDE President elections? What sort of unprincipled person do you have to be? I would never understand that.
Viktor Korchnoi 2012
Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders.
Savielly Tartakower
In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within yourself a large number of qualities, the qualities of an artistic creator, a calculating practitioner, a cold calm competitor.
Alexander Kotov
Good players actually use their long-term memory much more than inexperienced players, who use their short-term memory. Good players try to recall patterns.
Magnus Carlsen 2016 2016
I think that ACP is a small clique, which gives power to more cliques.
Nigel Short 2016