PHILODORIAN, The

The first English magazine, founded in 1837 by G. Walker, was devoted to chess and other scientific games. Had only six numbers (December to May) and disappeared the following year. The content was mainly chess but also contained material on whist, ecarte and Polish draughts.

Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere. David Bronstein
When Korchnoi was living in the USSR I called him ‘hero of socialist labour’; when he moved to the West I renamed him ‘hero of capitalist labour’! Boris Spassky
it would have been a debacle if Karjakin had become the 17th World Champion. Garry Kasparov
2016
When I am White I win because I am White. When I am Black I win because I am Bogoljubov. Efim Bogoljubov
I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone’s hand off if he puts it in my mouth Wilhelm Steinitz

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