Michael Basman Quotes

• If we are to elevate the game of chess to a popular sport, grandmasters must become gladiators, otherwise the game will languish on the periphery, a voice crying in the wilderness, condemned to live and die on a cold arctic shore.

  Michael Basman

  Sports, Games, Voice

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• Every worm has to turn and every mouse must bite the elephant

  Michael Basman

  Elephants, Worms, Turns

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• Chess will always be in the doldrums as a spectator sport while a draw is given equal mathematical value as a decisive result.

  Michael Basman

  Sports, Chess, Doldrums

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