No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that

But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!

I didn't picture myself as even a grandmaster, to say nothing of aspiring to the chess crown. This was not because I was timid - I wasn't - but because I simply lived in one world, and the grandmasters existed in a completely different one. People like that were not really even people, but like gods or mythical heroes.

The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.

No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.