"Chess is an ocean where a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe." -Proverb (India)
"The true sweetness of chess, if it can be sweet, is to see a victory snatched, by some happy impertinence, out of the shadow of apparently irrevocable disaster." - H.G. Wells (1898)
"Attack! Always attack!" -Anderssen
"If I win, it was a sacrifice. If I lose, then it was a mistake." -Koltanowski
Tournament Entry Rating is calculated by the formula (CurrentRating + HighestRating) / 2. The entry rating will never drop to more than 100 points below your Highest Rating.
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