A monthly magazine published by the Royal Dutch Chess Federation and distributed free to all members. It was founded in 1893 under the name of Tijdschrift van de Nederlandschen Schaakbond and changed to the present name in 1935.
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Quotes of the Day
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
One of the most important things in chess is pattern recognition: the ability to recognise typical themes and images on the board, characteristics of a position and their consequences.
Magnus Carlsen 2010
He has weaknesses, as everyone does, but far fewer than those around him.
Veselin Topalov 2016
” The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.”
David Bronstein
.If we compare Carlsen with Anand or me or someone else, by ten criteria, he will be stronger in eight of them.
Veselin Topalov 2015