The oldest printed work on openings published in Spain in 1484. No more copies are known to exist.
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Quotes of the Day
” Chess is a sport. A violent sport.”
Marcel Duchamp
Who was the greatest chess player? If chess is an art, Alekhine. If chess is a science, Capablanca. If chess is a struggle, Lasker.
Saviely Tartakower
If the FIDe elections were not decided by the votes of the delegates but by the world’s chess society as a whole, there would not even be a competition.
Anatoly Karpov NIC 2010
Good players actually use their long-term memory much more than inexperienced players, who use their short-term memory. Good players try to recall patterns.
Magnus Carlsen 2016 2016
Karpov Lost, Kasparov Lost, the Only One Who Remained Is Me.
Silvio Danailov 2014