20/07/2022
Every year on July 20th, International Chess Day is celebrated to commemorate the day FIDE was founded (World Chess Federation) in the year 1924. This year marks the 98th anniversary of FIDE. Here are some quotations from well-known figures, in honour of International Chess Day 2022.
Viswanathan Anand: "In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse slip sometimes changes the evaluation."
Bobby Fischer: "Chess is a war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind."
Albert Einstein: "Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer."