Modern Chess Openings, or the chess player’s Bible, published as its first edition, edited by R.C. Griffith (1872-1955), in 1911. Other editions were issued in 1913, 1916, 1920, 1925, 1932, 1939 (Fine), 1946, 1957, 1965 (Evans), 1972 and the twelfth in 1982.
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Quotes of the Day
” Chess is most certainly not my life.”
Tony Miles
I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone’s hand off if he puts it in my mouth
Wilhelm Steinitz
I personally believe that Karpov should have been more generous with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Kirsan is the only president in the history of FIDE, and maybe in the history of all international federations, who has contributed dozens of million dollars for the sport he loves. By the way, some of these millions went directly to Anatoly’s pocket…
George Makropoulos 2005
After the 2nd game I could have returned to Moscow. There was only one way I could have won this match.
Boris Spassky (1974)
According to my experiences, in key events, normally the games’ quality is not as high as other major events. Most brilliant games are not found in championships at present.
Garry Kasparov 2014