The portion of the game between the opening and the endgame.
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Quotes of the Day
” Oh, those exclamation points! How they erode the innocent soul of the amateur, removing all hope of allowing him to examine another player’s ideas critically!”
Tigran Petrosian
When I play well, I don’t win!
Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2017
Karpov is the official World Champion, but I’m not sure what that really means.
Jan Timman 1993
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
There is no room for gallantry in chess.
Irving Chernev
