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
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
I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess. Others give only 2 percent!
Robert Fischer
I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middle-game!
David Janowski
Parapsychology? That’s a bunch of bananas. Korchnoi believes in that. He is still playing his game with the ghost of Geza Maroczy.
Nathan Divinsky 2004
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere.
David Bronstein