Abbreviation for over the board. A player which faces his opponent face to face.
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Quotes of the Day
After the 2nd game I could have returned to Moscow. There was only one way I could have won this match.
Boris Spassky (1974)
Kasparov is great as a chess player, but all his attempts to prove himself as an organizer – let’s say, is beyond the champion’s level.
Boris Gelfand 2016
Carlsen simply plays chess well. It seems to me that in such cases people are inclined to look for some supernatural explanation, although the simplest explanation is also the most appropriate: the guy simply plays chess well.
Alexander Grischuk 2014
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
Siegbert Tarrasch
I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else!
Boris Spassky
