VARIATIONS

Playable moves that deviate from the established order of procedure without destroying the essential features of the original game. Variations suggest originality, an alternative line of play especially one that could arise in the opening stage of the game. The English chess master James Mason asserted that the number of variations in the first four moves is 318,979,584,000.

The game of chess is turning out to be much richer than we knew-you can’t reduce it to the simple rules Vishy Anand
2017
When your house is on fire, you can’t be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in chess, if your King is under attack, don’t worry about losing a pawn on the queenside. Garry Kasparov
Fischer was the first to send me a telegram when I was in Amsterdam after I had defected, saying ‘Congratulations on the correct move’. Vikor Kortchnoi
1986 NIC
Fischer’s strength, among other things, was his ability to evolve the most efficient plan for the middlegame right after the opening. Boris Spassky
Never felt more like singin’ the blues, cos I never thought that I’d ever lose… Vladimir Kramnik 2017

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