A chess player who does not think and whose main accomplishment is pushing the wooden pieces around the board.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
Everything is very concrete nowadays. The computer often gives unnatural moves which are correct, but sometimes hard to remember. You know a line is correct, but then your forget something and lose terribly.
Daniel Stellwagen 2010
I think I am certainly more talented than many other people. But I don’t know what talent consists of.
Magnus Carlsen 2014
I’ve got no regrets about the games themselves, as frankly I’ve never been narcissistic about my play.
Alexander Grischuk 2014
Karpov is the official World Champion, but I’m not sure what that really means.
Jan Timman 1993
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower