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This base contains games, played by the first world champion Vilyam Steinitz (1836-1900).

"Steynits was the first, who began to realize, that chess, though are a very difficult game, however submit certain general principles".

V. Kramnik

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This base contains games, played by the second world champion Emanuil Lasker (1868-1941).

"Em. Lasker is the first chess-player of our age, who consistently and logically strictly expounded the chess world view and, basing on it, attained successes, which nobody succeeded to repeat and, probably, never succeeded".

B. Vaynshteyn

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This base contains games, played by the third world champion Khose-Raul Capablanca (1888-1942).

"Capablanca was before time torn up from the chess world. With his death we lost the greatest chess genius, equal which we will never see!".

A. Alekhine

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This base contains games, played by the fourth world champion Alexander Alekhin (1892-1946).

"Alekhin Buenos Aires 1927, San-Remo 1930 years and many other chess battles showed the world delightful combinations, magnificent game in all stages of chess game - in short, everything, that is given for genii a divine favour".

M. Euwe

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This base contains games, played by the fifth world champion Max Euwe (1901-1981).

"Even today for many chess enthusiasts an ironical smile slips "for some reason", when speech calls about the victory of Euwe over Alekhin in 1935.I talk "for some reason", as until now there is a version, that then "Alekhin was not Alekhin" and conducted a match how hardly not in the "incompetent state". I was present on both matches. Indeed, Alekhin was in a bad physical form. But you would make attempt to win a match at Alekhin even in a bad form!".

S. Flor

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This base contains games, played by the sixth world champion Michail Botvinnik (1911-1996).

"What does characterize most brightly a game of new, sixth in chess history, world champion? Exceptional purposefulness in a game, deep and thin estimation of position. Both the qualities allow Botvinnik to use with some appealing force logic and sequence created the pre-parcel game of weakness in the camp of opponent".

П. Керес

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This base contains games, played by the seventh world champion Vasily Smyslov (born 1921).

"In a chess I am the convinced supporter of classic clarity of idea. The contents of game must be a search of truth, victory - proof of its rightness. Whatever, even the most violent fantasy, whatever, even the most masterly technique, whatever, even the deepest penetration in psychology of opponent, can not make chess game work of art, if these qualities do not conduce to the primary objective - search of truth".

V. Smyslov

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This base contains games, played by the eighth world champion Mikhail Tal (1936-1992).

"The brightest in talent of Tal is his exceptional combinational sight, grant until now surpassed nobody. He uses this advantage skilfully, boldly goes to the baffled complications, on such positions, "swinging" is inevitable in which, considering that in most cases tactical skill will decide by the end of duel in his benefit".

L. Abramov

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This base contains games, played by the ninth world champion Tigran Petrosian (1929-1984).

"Every grand master is pretty difficult personality, the picture of which is true not always. Tal is not only "sacrifices", Fisher is not only "electronic machine", and Petrosyan is a "carefulness". Some consider that at play I am too careful. It seems to me that in this case the question is about other. I try to avoid chances. Those, who expect on a chance, must play cards or roulette. Chess are quite another.

T. Petrosian

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This base contains games, played by the tenth world champion Boris Spassky (born 1937).

"In chess I like unexploredness, inexhaustible riches of possibilities, process of creation, which accompanies chess creation".

B. Spassky

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This base contains games, played by the eleventh world champion Robert James Fischer (born 1943).

"In chess I am attracted by a fight foremost. I consider every new game the episode of fight, in which aim to win a victory".

R. Fischer

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This base contains games, played by the twelfth world champion Anatoly Karpov (born 1951).

"To vie with the strongest, to prove the superiority, - herein I see main gladness of game without which does not think life".

A. Karpov

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This base contains games, played by the thirteenth world champion Garry Kasparov (born 1963).

"Times of "evergreen" and immortal games, played be Adolf Andersen in XIX age, dripped in the past. And I thought less all, that some time I will succeed to revive this mutinous, romantic spirit on a chess-board and create combination which will satisfy all most rigorous criteria".

G. Kasparov

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This base contains games, played by the classic chess world champion Vladimir Kramnik (born 1975).

"I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering this situation.".

V. Kramnik

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