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Nigel Short Quotes: Unlike my esteemed colleague Garry Kasparov, I don't restrict the strength of opposition to Elo <2000, as fly-swatting makes poor spectator sport. (on simultaneous exhibitions)
         

Unlike my esteemed colleague Garry Kasparov, I don't restrict the strength of opposition to Elo <2000, as fly-swatting makes poor spectator sport. (on simultaneous exhibitions)


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I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol.



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I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw.



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Surely, serious problems can't be solved just by talking about them.



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