ODDS

The action of giving to an opponent an initial advantage in material or in a move. Frequently used by strong players like Philidor, Morphy, etc., in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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
Chess is my hobby. I have been playing chess since five years old. I like to play chess, to help chess, sponsoring chess, and attract my business friends to chess in order to develop and popularize chess. Everybody has a hobby. My hobby is chess, boxing and Buddhism. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
2010
Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess. Irving Chernev
I will be World Champion, if not now I will be World Champion later, but of course better now! Sergey Karjakin
2016
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

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